Reverend is a title used before the name or rank of an officially appointed religious leader. The abbreviation Rev or Revd is also used. The service was led by the Reverend Jim Simons. a title of respect used before the name of a minister in the Christian church. a minister of a Christian church (reverendus , from revereri; REVERE)
The Reverend is an appropriate title to precede the full name of a priest or deacon The Right Reverend is used for a bishop
An archbishop is the Most Reverend [Father in God]; a bishop, the Right Reverend; a dean, the Very Reverend; an archdeacon, the Venerable; all the rest of the clergy, the Reverend
a US politician in the Democratic Party, who is also a minister in the Baptist Church and one of the leading black politicians in the US. He was active in the civil rights movement during the 1960s, and is a very effective public speaker who has always supported black people and other groups who have been unfairly treated in the past (1941- )