Found 2 items, similar to Very Reverend.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Very Reverend
Very Reverend
n : a title of respect for various ecclesiastical officials (as
cathedral deans and canons and others)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Very Reverend
Very
\Ver"y\, a. [Compar.
Verier; superl.
Veriest.] [OE.
verai, verray, OF. verai, vrai, F. vrai, (assumed) LL.
veracus, for L. verax true, veracious, fr. verus true; akin
to OHG. & OS. w[=a]r, G. wahr, D. waar; perhaps originally,
that is or exists, and akin to E. was. Cf.
Aver, v. t.,
Veracious,
Verdict,
Verity.]
True; real; actual; veritable.
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Whether thou be my very son Esau or not. --Gen. xxvii.
21.
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He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he
that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
--Prov. xvii.
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The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness.
--Milton.
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I looked on the consideration of public service or
public ornament to be real and very justice. --Burke.
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Note: Very is sometimes used to make the word with which it
is connected emphatic, and may then be paraphrased by
same, self-same, itself, and the like.
“The very hand,
the very words.” --Shak.
“The very rats instinctively
have quit it.” --Shak.
“Yea, there where very
desolation dwells.” --Milton. Very is used
occasionally in the comparative degree, and more
frequently in the superlative.
“Was not my lord the
verier wag of the two?” --Shak.
“The veriest hermit
in the nation.” --Pope.
“He had spoken the very
truth, and transformed it into the veriest falsehood.”
--Hawthorne.
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Very Reverend. See the Note under
Reverend.
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