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venerableness
Variant of venerable
adjective
- worthy of respect or reverence by reason of age and dignity, character, or position
- impressive on account of age or historic or religious associations: a venerable monument
- Anglican Ch. a title of reverence for an archdeacon
- R.C.Ch. a title of veneration for a dead person who may later be beatified
Related Forms:
- venerability noun or venerableness
- venerably adverb
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