: 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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The final fight of Dustin Poirier’s long and illustrious UFC career will be a trilogy bout opposite the equally revered and respected Max Holloway.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Patriotism became a litmus test, and scholars who applied their expertise to offer critical analyses of America’s revered narratives were suspected of harboring a dangerous un-American ideology.
—Time, 20 May 2025
Roberts, 69, remains a deeply revered and influential figure in professional wrestling.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
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
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Patriotism became a litmus test, and scholars who applied their expertise to offer critical analyses of America’s revered narratives were suspected of harboring a dangerous un-American ideology.
—Time, 20 May 2025
Roberts, 69, remains a deeply revered and influential figure in professional wrestling.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
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
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“Revered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revered. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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