Revd
(also Revd.)
abbrev. of reverend a. and n. 2 c.
| 1693 W. Kennett in W. Somner Treat. Roman Ports & Forts 1 The Life of Mr. Somner. To the Rev{supd}. Mr. James Brome. 1811 Shelley Let. 17 Feb. (1964) I. 52 If any letter comes directed to the Revd. Charles Meyton, it is mine. 1926 Fowler Mod. Eng. Usage 502/1 Reverend is abbreviated Revd or now usually Rev. 1971 C. Colvin M. Edgeworth's Lett. from Eng. p. xxxvi, The Revd. Daniel Augustus Beaufort.., father-in-law of R. L. Edgeworth. |