: regarded with reverence: regarded as worthy of great honor and respect
… Vince Carter, a member of the U. S. basketball team and still a state hero after having been a star on the University of North Carolina's revered hoops team. Erin Whalen
Here are some of their greatest monasteries and the remains of their most revered saints. Janine Di Giovanni
… because [Doina] Melinte was the 1984 Olympic gold medalist at 800 meters, she remains one of Romania's most revered citizens. Merrell Noden