reverencedadj.

1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) sig. Nn.i /2 Reuerenced [1552 reuenerenced], Veneratus, a, um.

1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Bb He was the first that euer caused her to be held in that worship and reuerenced regard.

1603 Lady A. Stuart Let. 6 Feb. (1994) 136 A reverenced, and yet unappeased parent.

1625 G. Salteren Sacræ Heptades sig. ❧ 4 This temporall patrimonie graced with so holy a patronage, as the reverenced name of S. Peter, did speedily and mightily increase in all places.

1680 T. Otway Orphan iii. 30 By the rev'renc'd Soul Of that great honest man that gave me Being.

1782 T. Tyers Hist. Rhapsody Mr. Pope 6 He carried a mind in his face, as a reverenced person once expressed himself of a singular countenance.

1839 Christian Reformer Dec. 979 The neglected prisoner of a month ago is now the reverenced martyr, held up as an example of heroism and piety.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 4 Dec. 3/1 Take another of our so-called reverenced birds, the wren.

1922 D. C. Fisher Rough-hewn 159 All the young voices murmured with her, discharging in the reverenced words, the nervous tension of their excitement and frolic.

1999 T. Y. Grande Marlovian Trag. i. 32 Marlowe has not Delilah, the infamous siren type, but Jason, a reverenced epic hero.