reverendshipn.

Brit.

/ˈrɛv(ə)rəndʃɪp/, U.S.

/ˈrɛv(ə)rəndʃɪp/

Forms: see reverend adj. and n. and -ship suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reverend adj., -ship suffix.

Etymology: < reverend adj. + -ship suffix.

1. With possessive adjective: a title of respect used in addressing or referring to a member of the clergy (cf. reverence n. Phrases 6).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > condition

reverendship1609

spiritualship1670

ministeriality1851

clerisy1858

clericity1866

clericality1877

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > address or title of

his reverencea1438

your reverence?a1440

fathershipa1500

dompnea1536

domine1566

reverendship1609

Revd1670

rookship1710

brother1741

venerability1843

Pfarrer1844

Rev.1862

reverend1869

1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 203 Either your Reuerendships brother, or your Reuerend Brother.

1653 E. Chisenhale Catholike Hist. Ep. Ded. sig. A5 And withal, give your Reverendships a view of the wilde Thistles that bear no Figgs.

1739 Let. in Whitefield Life & Jrnls. (1756) 222 I discouraged it before your Reverendship came to this town.

1750 Hist. Charlotte Summers I. 261 Were it not for your Gown, I should teach your Reverendship better Manners.

1832 J. Statham Indian Recoll. vii. 114 May it please your reverendship. The humble petition of Rham Hhurry Dhoss sheweth that your petitioner is amazingly idle.

1910 Tailor (Journeymen Tailors' Union of Amer.) Aug. 10/2 What is a moral principle? Will your reverendship kindly answer?

1997 Observer (Nexis) 22 June (Review section) 8 When the vicar inquired, ‘Can we have the rings, please?’ Elvis shook his heavily bejewelled fingers and asked, ‘Aaah, how many would you like, your reverendship?’

2. The fact of being a member of the clergy; the position or office of a member of the clergy. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1858 Punch 21 Aug. 73/2 Rev. Gent no longer could control his feelings; and regardless of his reverendship, he gave way to his emotions.

1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Aug. 5 A clergyman writing to a stranger should notify his reverendship in some manner, but how to do it is not clear.

1915 G. Bronson-Howard God's Man i. ii. 10 Had it not been clearly impracticable for a future Reverend to prepare for his Reverendship by attending the Boston Tech.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reverendship
释义	reverendshipn. Brit. /ˈrɛv(ə)rəndʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈrɛv(ə)rəndʃɪp/ Forms: see reverend adj. and n. and -ship suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reverend adj., -ship suffix. Etymology: < reverend adj. + -ship suffix. 1. With possessive adjective: a title of respect used in addressing or referring to a member of the clergy (cf. reverence n. Phrases 6). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > condition reverendship1609 spiritualship1670 ministeriality1851 clerisy1858 clericity1866 clericality1877 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > address or title of his reverencea1438 your reverence?a1440 fathershipa1500 dompnea1536 domine1566 reverendship1609 Revd1670 rookship1710 brother1741 venerability1843 Pfarrer1844 Rev.1862 reverend1869 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 203 Either your Reuerendships brother, or your Reuerend Brother. 1653 E. Chisenhale Catholike Hist. Ep. Ded. sig. A5 And withal, give your Reverendships a view of the wilde Thistles that bear no Figgs. 1739 Let. in Whitefield Life & Jrnls. (1756) 222 I discouraged it before your Reverendship came to this town. 1750 Hist. Charlotte Summers I. 261 Were it not for your Gown, I should teach your Reverendship better Manners. 1832 J. Statham Indian Recoll. vii. 114 May it please your reverendship. The humble petition of Rham Hhurry Dhoss sheweth that your petitioner is amazingly idle. 1910 Tailor (Journeymen Tailors' Union of Amer.) Aug. 10/2 What is a moral principle? Will your reverendship kindly answer? 1997 Observer (Nexis) 22 June (Review section) 8 When the vicar inquired, ‘Can we have the rings, please?’ Elvis shook his heavily bejewelled fingers and asked, ‘Aaah, how many would you like, your reverendship?’ 2. The fact of being a member of the clergy; the position or office of a member of the clergy. Now rare. ΚΠ 1858 Punch 21 Aug. 73/2 Rev. Gent no longer could control his feelings; and regardless of his reverendship, he gave way to his emotions. 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Aug. 5 A clergyman writing to a stranger should notify his reverendship in some manner, but how to do it is not clear. 1915 G. Bronson-Howard God's Man i. ii. 10 Had it not been clearly impracticable for a future Reverend to prepare for his Reverendship by attending the Boston Tech. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1609
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