: 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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For nearly four decades, Megadeth has been one of the most influential and revered bands in the genre.
—Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Having the right indie publisher entrusted with a revered brand is a rare treat.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
Murphy’s Law Space Ballroom, 295 Treadwell St., Hamden The funny, furious and highly revered 1990s punk band Murphy’s Law, still fronted by Jimmy Drescher, rattle the Space Ballroom on June 22 at 7 p.m. with fellow punk survivors SubZero and Connecticut’s own Freezing Process.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
Nichols and Matteson began working together in December 2019, and Nichols signed a deal with revered blues label Fat Possum Records in early 2020.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
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Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Having the right indie publisher entrusted with a revered brand is a rare treat.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
Murphy’s Law Space Ballroom, 295 Treadwell St., Hamden The funny, furious and highly revered 1990s punk band Murphy’s Law, still fronted by Jimmy Drescher, rattle the Space Ballroom on June 22 at 7 p.m. with fellow punk survivors SubZero and Connecticut’s own Freezing Process.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
Nichols and Matteson began working together in December 2019, and Nichols signed a deal with revered blues label Fat Possum Records in early 2020.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
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“Revered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revered. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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