Venerable

a.	1.	Capable of being venerated; worthy of veneration or reverence; deserving of honor and respect; - generally implying an advanced age; as, a venerable magistrate; a venerable parent. He was a man of eternal self-sacrifice, and that is always venerable. - De Quincey. Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. - D. Webster.
	2.	Rendered sacred by religious or other associations; that should be regarded with awe and treated with reverence; as, the venerable walls of a temple or a church.

Adj.	1.	venerable - impressive by reason of age; "a venerable sage with white hair and beard"
	2.	venerable - profoundly honored; "revered holy men" Synonyms: revered, august

acknowledged, admirable, admitted, advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, age-old, ageless, along in years, antediluvian, aristocratic, august, auld, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, conventional, courtly, creditable, customary, dateless, dignified, divine, dreadful, established, esteemed, estimable, fixed, folk, grand, grave, gray, gray with age, gray-haired, gray-headed, grown old, hallowed, handed down, heavenly, held in esteem, heroic, highly esteemed, highly regarded, highly reputed, highly respectable, hoar, hoary, holy, honorable, honored, immemorial, imposing, impressive, in favor, in good odor, in high favor, ineffable, inenarrable, inexpressible, inveterate, inviolable, inviolate, kingly, legendary, long-established, long-standing, lordly, magisterial, majestic, meritorious, mythological, noble, numinous, of long standing, of old, of the folk, of yore, old as Methuselah, old as history, old as time, old-time, olden, oral, patriarchal, prescriptive, prestigious, princely, queenly, received, recognized, regal, religious, reputable, respectable, respected, revered, reverenced, reverend, reverential, rooted, royal, sacred, sacrosanct, sedate, senectuous, sober, solemn, spiritual, stately, statuesque, time-honored, timeless, timeworn, traditional, tried and true, true-blue, understood, unspeakable, untouchable, unutterable, unwritten, venerated, well-thought-of, white, white with age, white-bearded, white-crowned, white-haired, worshipful, worthy, wrinkled, wrinkly, years old

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