Scottish Episcopal Church choose a bishop. Each diocese has one or more (in the case of some united dioceses) cathedrals. The senior priest of a Scottish Episcopal cathedral is styled as provost (as the title of 'dean' is given to the senior priest of the diocese as a whole, see above). The only exception in Scotland is the Cathedral of the Isles on the island of Great Cumbrae which has been led by a member of the clergy styled as Precentor. Diocesan deans and cathedral provosts are both addressed as "Very Reverend". The Scottish Episcopal Church is mainly in the High Church (or
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