worthy of honor and esteem (because of age, achievement, or position); deserving reverence and respect (because of historical or religious status)
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Venerable Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Rendered sacred by religious or other associations; that should be regarded with awe and treated with reverence; as, the venerable walls of a temple or a church.
Rendered sacred by religious or other associations; that should be regarded with awe and treated with reverence; as, the venerable walls of a temple or a church.
(a.)
Capable of being venerated; worthy of veneration or reverence; deserving of honor and respect; -- generally implying an advanced age; as, a venerable magistrate; a venerable parent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutCapable of being venerated; worthy of veneration or reverence; deserving of honor and respect; -- generally implying an advanced age; as, a venerable magistrate; a venerable parent.
venerable
venerate \ven"er*ate\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. venerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. venerating.] [l. veneratus, p. p. of venerari to venerate; akin to venus venus, skr. van to like, to wish, and e. winsome. see winsome.] to regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents and elders. and seemed to venerate the sacred shade. i do not know a man more to be venerated for uprightness of heart and loftiness of genius. w. scott.
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Meriting or commanding high esteem.
1.simpressive by reason of age
2.Profoundly honored
EG:Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.(CICERO)
EG:Constant revolutionizing of production distinguish the bourgeois epoch from all earlier ones. All fixed, fast-frozen relations, with their train of ancient and venerable prejudices are swept away, all new-formed ones become antiquated before they can ossify. All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses, his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.(KARL MARX)
2.Profoundly honored
EG:Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.(CICERO)
EG:Constant revolutionizing of production distinguish the bourgeois epoch from all earlier ones. All fixed, fast-frozen relations, with their train of ancient and venerable prejudices are swept away, all new-formed ones become antiquated before they can ossify. All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses, his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.(KARL MARX)
Adjective
1. impressive by reason of age; "a venerable sage with white hair and beard"
(similar) old
2. profoundly honored; "revered holy men"
(synonym) august, revered
(similar) honorable, honourable
Venerable Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The Venerable is used as a style or epithet in several Christian churches. It is also the common English-language translation of a number of Buddhist titles.
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