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  • noun Plural form of Reverend.

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Examples

  • By calling the Reverends Jackson and Sharpton "monkeys", you illustrate the virilent racism endemic in many communities populated by Eastern European immigrants to this country.

    Obama On Wright: "This Is Not A Crackpot Church" 2009

  • The following is the first publication of what I wrote, placed online now to address the absurd claims of a “post-racial America” and to confront the rabid, sub-intellectual attacks on figures such as Reverends Jackson, Sharpton and Wright, which claim that the Obama electoral victory is proof that human rights activists who advocate for Afrikans in America are no longer needed.

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • Of course, we know that for many people, especially well known activists such as Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, Dr. King's murder in April 1968 was a tragic setback in a struggle for African American liberation from unjust living conditions in the United States, but not the end of that crusade.

    Ferentz LaFargue: Dr. King in Memoriam 2008

  • The following is the first publication of what I wrote, placed online now to address the absurd claims of a “post-racial America” and to confront the rabid, sub-intellectual attacks on figures such as Reverends Jackson, Sharpton and Wright, which claim that the Obama electoral victory is proof that human rights activists who advocate for Afrikans in America are no longer needed.

    "Post-racial" US and Canada, Part 3 2008

  • Advancement of blacks into true power was not done by "Reverends" playing "Black Moses" to their people or becoming "mayor or Congressman For Life" in a nearly all black District or city.

    "Among many blacks, the awkward and painful debate about race, immigrant heritage and the presidency has been bubbling for months." Ann Althouse 2007

  • "Reverends" were not good buyers, specially when they had not any wives, and Mr. Heath took no notice of the attractive display as he stood, black and forbidding, in the centre of the shop.

    The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery Marjorie Douie

  • Every effort was made, however, to keep a proper balance among the different persuasions, and all the Protestant churches came to feel that they had almost a vested right to representation, as the long list of "Reverends" in the first Faculty list shows.

    The University of Michigan Wilfred Shaw

  • "Reverends" Al and Jesse have apologized to those white players whose lives were completely shattered for the false accusations that were spread about them.

    The Red and Black Letters to the Editor 2010

  • Five 'Reverends' were amongst the names in a list of BNP members posted on the internet.

    Latest News from Ekklesia 2008

  • It's interesting how certain names are associated with certain ages: an "Arnold" is going to be pretty old, Right Reverends are usually in their 60s, chief executives 55-65, and so on.

    Good to Meet You: Ian Robinson 2011

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