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Monday, May 13th, 2024
the Seventh Week after Easter
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Reverend
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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a title prefixed by courtesy to the name of any clergyman, though "clerk "(clericus) is the legal and strictly proper description of clergymen, and is, in official documents, placed after (as "Reverend" is before) their names. In the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches the title is given to ecclesiastics of the second and third orders, the bishops being styled "right reverend." In some churches ordained abbesses and prioresses are called "reverend mothers."
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Reverend'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/r/reverend.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Reverend'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/r/reverend.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
