Venerable Definition

Venerable Sentence Examples

• On the box beside the driver sat a venerable old attendant.

• It contains one of the most venerable Hindu shrines, founded, according to tradition, by Rama himself, which for centuries has been the resort of thousands of pilgrims from all parts of India.

• The older any religious tradition or mode of worship is, the more venerable is it, the richer in divine ideas.

• Celtic altar-bell of hammered iron, known as the "Ronnell bell."' Such is the odour of sanctity of this venerable church that there is an old local saying that "to be thrice prayed for in the kirk of Birnie will either mend or end ye."

• The chief lamas in the monasteries are often truly venerable men.