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The common abbreviations for "the Reverend" are "the Revd", "the Rev" and "the Rev'd".
Use of the prefix with the surname alone ("The Reverend Smith") is considered a solecism in traditional circles (although "The Reverend Father Smith" or "The Reverend Mister Smith" are correct though somewhat archaic uses).
Anglican usage is for priests and deacons to be styled "the Reverend" or "the Reverend Father", deans "the VeryReverend" ("the Very Revd"), abbots and bishops "the Right Reverend" ("the Rt Revd"), and archbishops and primates "the Most Reverend" ("the Most Revd").
It is not, however, a title of honour or dignity, and no denomination has any exclusive right to use it.
A faculty was ordered to be issued for the erection of a tombstone, the inscription on which contained the name of a Wesleyan minister prefixed by " reverend ";.
Smith, 1876, 1 P.D. In the Church of England deans are addressed as " veryreverend," bishops as " right reverend," archbishops as " most reverend." The Moderator of the Church of Scotland is also styled " right reverend."
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