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VENERABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Profoundly honored
Example:
revered holy men
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
honorable; honourable (worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect)
Derivation:
venerability; venerableness (the quality of deserving veneration)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Impressive by reason of age
Example:
a venerable sage with white hair and beard
Classified under:
Similar:
old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
Derivation:
venerableness (the quality of deserving veneration)
Context examples:
Nothing could exceed the love and respect which the younger cottagers exhibited towards their venerable companion.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
“Mr. Copperfield and Dora,” said Miss Mills, with an almost venerable air.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
No doubt you will find some sights to amuse you in this venerable city, and I hope to bring back a more favourable report to you before evening.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"You and I will be twenty-six, Teddy, Beth twenty-four, and Amy twenty-two. What a venerable party!" said Jo.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Something of his birthplace seemed to cling to the man, and I never looked at his pale, keen face or the poise of his head without associating him with grey archways and mullioned windows and all the venerable wreckage of a feudal keep.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When I slept or was absent, the forms of the venerable blind father, the gentle Agatha, and the excellent Felix flitted before me.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Early in the morning, I sauntered through the dear old tranquil streets, and again mingled with the shadows of the venerable gateways and churches.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Among the many pillows that adorned the venerable couch was one, hard, round, covered with prickly horsehair, and furnished with a knobby button at each end.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Beloved and venerable parent!
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The first thing I did, on my own account, when I came back, was to take a night-walk to Norwood, and, like the subject of a venerable riddle of my childhood, to go round and round the house, without ever touching the house, thinking about Dora.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
