reverendizev.
/ˈrɛv(ə)rəndʌɪz/, /ˈrɛv(ə)rn̩dʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈrɛvərnˌdaɪz/, /ˈrɛv(ə)rənˌdaɪz/ rare.
transitive. To accept (a person) into the clergy. Also: †to address (a person) as ‘Reverend’ (obsolete).
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1818 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 811 I am unfortunately involved in a dispute with a ci-devant Bookseller, but now at a Shilling expence reverendized.
1841 R. W. Emerson Let. 28 Feb. in Corr. Emerson & Carlyle (1964) 291 You see the bookseller reverendizes me notwithstanding your laudable perseverance to adorn me with profane titles.
1999 Christian Cent. (Nexis) 5 May 519 Have you ever seen a seminarian reverendized?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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