: 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
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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—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2026
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2026
Now, following the assassination of Khamenei, one of the most revered figures in Shia Islam, Shia extremists could replace Sunni jihadists as the biggest transnational terrorist threat.
—Colin P. Clarke, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
During the Constitutional Revolution of 1905-11, some of Iran’s most revered clerics backed demands for a parliament and a constitution to rein in a corrupt Qajar monarchy.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
Even as her hard-line tactics have shown some success, Sheinbaum has not renounced the precepts of López Obrador, who, while retired, remains a revered and influential figure.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Revered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revered. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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