: regarded with reverence : regarded as worthy of great honor and respect
… Vince Carter, a member of the U. S. basketball team and still a state hero after having been a star on the University of North Carolina's revered hoops team.—
Erin Whalen
Erin WhalenHere are some of their greatest monasteries and the remains of their most revered saints.—Janine Di Giovanni
Janine Di Giovanni… because [Doina] Melinte was the 1984 Olympic gold medalist at 800 meters, she remains one of Romania's most revered citizens.—Merrell Noden
Merrell NodenExamples of revered in a Sentence
a professor who is highly revered at the college where she has taught for the last four decades
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Besides, Hewitt had previously produced the revered Walter Cronkite news show as well as the riveting Kennedy-Nixon debate.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 8 May 2025
Most Popular Papal Names Historically, popes have often chosen names that reflect continuity with revered predecessors.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
The tour was standard at the revered San Francisco attraction, save for one topic that simply could not be avoided in the conversations echoing off the old cellblock walls.
—Heather Knight, New York Times, 6 May 2025
Though members remain friends and regularly perform together both privately and in other bands, there is yet to be any official word of a potential reunion from the revered group.
—Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
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Peter Bart, Deadline, 8 May 2025
Most Popular Papal Names Historically, popes have often chosen names that reflect continuity with revered predecessors.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
The tour was standard at the revered San Francisco attraction, save for one topic that simply could not be avoided in the conversations echoing off the old cellblock walls.
—Heather Knight, New York Times, 6 May 2025
Though members remain friends and regularly perform together both privately and in other bands, there is yet to be any official word of a potential reunion from the revered group.
—Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for revered
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“Revered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revered. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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