McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Very Reverend

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Very Reverend

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Versions of the Bible
Versmann, Ernst Friedrich
Vert, Claude de
Vertabiets
Verticordia
Vertot, Rene Aubert de
Vertumnus
Verulam, Council Of (Concilium Verulamiense)
Vervactor
Very Reverend
Vesalia, John de
Vesey, William
Vesica Piscis
Vespasian, Titus Flavius
Vesperal
Vespers
Vespers, Sicilian
Vespillonees
Vessels For Holy Oil

is a title given by custom to certain clergymen in priests' orders who have attained to positions of dignity. In the Church of England it is usually reserved for deans and provosts of cathedrals and collegiate churches. In the Anglo Roman communion it is applied to canons of cathedrals, to certain doctors of divinity, and others.