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Definition of Reverent

1. Adjective. Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration. "Maintained a reverent silence"

2. Adjective. Showing great reverence for god. "Leading a godly life"

Definition of Reverent

1. a. Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; as, reverent disciples.

Definition of Reverent

1. Adjective. showing respect or reverence; respectful ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reverent

1. deeply respectful [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reverent

reverberatory furnace reverbing reverbs revere revered reverence reverenced reverencer reverencers reverences

reverencest reverenceth reverencing reverendly reverends reverent (current term) reverential reverentially reverently reverer

reverers reveres reverest revereth reverie reveries reverified reverifies reverify reverifying

Literary usage of Reverent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1890)
"July the 4 1700 Thomas Maudsley of Dorch with Rebecca Mason of Milton ware married by the reverent mr John Danforth. July the (28) 1700 John Maudsley with ..."

2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1892)
"Only character can command our reverent love. It is all mysteries in itself. What is it gilds the trees and clouds, And paints the heavens so gay, ..."

3. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1892)
"Only character can command our reverent love. It is all mysteries in itself. What is it gilds the trees and clouds, And paints the heavens so gay, ..."

4. The Expositor edited by William Robertson Nicoll, Samuel Cox, James Moffatt (1892)
"It is a book in which may certainly be seen the Higher Criticism in its best aspect— bold, keen, constructive, reverent, deeply religious. ..."

5. Psychology of the Religious Life by George Malcolm Stratton (1911)
"CHAPTER XI ACTIVITY AND reverent INACTION IN contrast to that part of religion which presses on to action, there stands the restraining side. ..."

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