The Very Reverend of a cathedral, whether a dean or a provost, is usually styled as "The Very Reverend" regardless of whether the priest is also the rector of the cathedral parish, or whether the cathedral is a parish church. In the Episcopal Church USA, the dean of a seminary or divinity school is also styled in this form, as is the priest who is either appointed by the local bishop or elected by fellow priests as the leader of a deanery, which is a geographic subdivision of a diocese. In some Episcopal dioceses convocation is used in lieu of deanery. The deans
The Reverend future passive participle of the verb "revereri" ("to respect; to revere"), meaning "[one who is] to be revered/must be respected". "The Reverend" is therefore equivalent to "The Honourable" or "The Venerable". It is paired with a modifier or noun for some offices in some religious traditions: Anglican archbishops and most Roman Catholic bishops are usually styled "The Most Reverend" ("reverendissimus"); other Anglican bishops and some Roman Catholic bishops are styled "The Right Reverend"; some Reformed churches have used "The Reverend Mister" as a style for their clergy. With Christian clergy, the forms "His Reverence" and "Her Reverence" is also sometimes