venerableness

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ven·er·a·ble

(vĕn′ər-ə-bəl)

adj.

1. Commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position.

2. Worthy of reverence, especially by religious or historical association: venerable relics.

3. Venerable Abbr. Ven. or V.

a. Roman Catholic Church Used as a title for a person who has reached the first stage of canonization.

b. Used as a form of address for an archdeacon in the Anglican Church or the Episcopal Church.

ven′er·a·ble·ness, ven′er·a·bil′i·ty n.

ven′er·a·bly adv.

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venerableness - the quality of deserving veneration

venerability

honorableness, honourableness - the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor

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Then, every generation of the family might have altered the interior, to suit its own taste and convenience; while the exterior, through the lapse of years, might have been adding venerableness to its original beauty, and thus giving that impression of permanence which I consider essential to the happiness of any one moment."

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A flowing robe of tappa, knotted over the shoulder, hung loosely round his stooping form, and heightened the venerableness of his aspect.

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From "Purified with Fire" to "That Impression of Permanence": Holgrave's Conversion in The House of the Seven Gables

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