venerable

  1. Adjective.  commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position.
  2. Adjective.  worthy of reverence.
  3. Adjective.  ancient, antiquated or archaic.
  4. Adjective.  sed as a form of address for an archdeacon in the Anglican Church.
  5. Adjective.  sed as a form of address in the Roman Catholic Church for someone in the first stages of sainthood.
  6. Adjective.  sed as a form of address in the Eastern Orthodox Church for some saints.
  7. Adjective.  made sacred especially by religious or historical association.
  8. Adjective.  a : calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments; broadly : conveying an impression of aged goodness and benevolence b : impressive by reason of age.

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