: 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.—
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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
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a professor who is highly revered at the college where she has taught for the last four decades
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Perhaps the most revered luminary of the profession in the mid-fourteenth century was the venerable Gentile da Foligno.
—Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
The Lions have a new offensive coordinator in Drew Petzing, and while they’re expected to keep the core elements that have made this a revered unit intact, Petzing will undoubtedly have his own terminology and concepts to install.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 27 May 2026
The government even put the face of the country's most revered musician and singer — Cesária Évora, who popularized morna internationally in the 1990s — on the country's currency (the 2,000 escudo note).
—Ricci Shryock, NPR, 27 May 2026
On the bench is the revered Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
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Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
The Lions have a new offensive coordinator in Drew Petzing, and while they’re expected to keep the core elements that have made this a revered unit intact, Petzing will undoubtedly have his own terminology and concepts to install.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 27 May 2026
The government even put the face of the country's most revered musician and singer — Cesária Évora, who popularized morna internationally in the 1990s — on the country's currency (the 2,000 escudo note).
—Ricci Shryock, NPR, 27 May 2026
On the bench is the revered Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
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“Revered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revered. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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