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单词 reverendship
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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).
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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.
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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).
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