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reverentialis

reverentialis [CL reverentia+-alis] 1 characterized by or exhibiting respect or reverence, reverential. b (as sb. n.) peal or ringing of bells as a mark of respect. aut numquid hoc intelligendum est de timore ~i, quo angeli electi potentiam majestatis divine sunt reveriti et sapientiam ejusdem admirati? Neckam SS III 51. 3; 1358 ~e honoris obsequium Lit. Cant. II 373; 1434 nobili ‥ baroni ‥ primicias ~esque devociones ‥ cum honore EpAcOx 112; s1460 verbis multum ~ibus ‥ consolabantur eum Reg. Whet. I 375; quamquam mulieres succedere valeant parentibus suis in honore ~i Fortescue NLN II 53.  b s1423 exposita causa non-pulsacionis ~ium episcopo Henrico †exhibito [l. exhibite] Chr. S. Alb. 3; ut exhiberentur ‥ successoribus suis ~ia pulsacionum Ib. 4. 2 worthy of respect or reverence, reverend. 1519 responsionem loco apostolorum ~ium jussimus assignari Form. S. Andr. V 221.

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