Venerable

Adjective

 * 1) commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position
 * 2) worthy of reverence
 * 3) ancient, antiquated or archaic

Adjective
Venerable
 * 1) Used as a form of address for an archdeacon in the Anglican Church
 * 2) Used as a form of address in the Roman Catholic Church for someone in the first stages of sainthood
 * 3) Used as a form of address in the Eastern Orthodox Church for some saints
 * 4) made sacred especially by religious or historical association
 * a : calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments; broadly : conveying an impression of aged goodness and benevolence b : impressive by reason of age

Adverbs for Venerable
ripely; reputably; extraordinarily; signally;conspicuously; notoriously; estimably; distinctly; nobly; justly; illustriously; virtuously; splendidly; eminently.

Thesaurus
acknowledged, admirable, admitted, advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, age-old, aged, ageless, along in years, ancient, antediluvian, antique, aristocratic, august, auld, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, conventional, courtly, creditable, customary, dateless, dignified, divine, dreadful, elderly, 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, 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

Adjective

 * Icelandic: virðulegur, æruverðugur, virðing


 * Russian:
 * Swedish: respektabel


 * Icelandic: virðulegur, æruverðugur, virðing


 * Russian: достопочтенный
 * Swedish: ärevördig


 * Russian:

Adjective

 * Finnish: kunnianarvoisa (1), kunnioitettava (2,3)
 * Old English:
 * German: ehrwürdig

Related terms

 * The Venerable Bede