reverend
adj[attrib 作定語]
1 deserving to be treated with respect, esp because of age, etc 應受尊敬的, 值得敬重的(尤指因年紀大等).
2 the Reverend (abbrs 縮寫 Rev, Revd) (used as the title of a clergyman 用作神職人員的尊稱)
the Rev John/J/Mr Smith 約翰[J]史密斯牧師 (but not 但不可作 the Rev Smith); the Very Reverend, of a dean (指教長);the Right Reverend, of a bishop (指主教); the Most Reverend, of an archbishop or Irish Roman Catholic bishop (指大主教或愛爾蘭天主教的主教); the Reverend Father, of a Roman Catholic priest (指天主教的司鐸).