Word Finder - venerable

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Commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position.

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Worthy of reverence.

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Ancient, antiquated or archaic.

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Made sacred especially by religious or historical association.

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Giving an impression of aged goodness and benevolence.

On the box beside the driver sat a venerable old attendant.

It contains one of the most venerable Hindu shrines, founded, according to tradition, by Rama himself, which for centuries has been the resort of thousands of pilgrims from all parts of India.

The older any religious tradition or mode of worship is, the more venerable is it, the richer in divine ideas.

The chief lamas in the monasteries are often truly venerable men.

The TR line, by contrast, proved pretty venerable.

Ofoto is run by Kodak, the venerable American camera and film pioneer.

Celtic altar-bell of hammered iron, known as the "Ronnell bell."' Such is the odour of sanctity of this venerable church that there is an old local saying that "to be thrice prayed for in the kirk of Birnie will either mend or end ye."

Alexander The next step was to elect a new pope; and on the V.,1409- 26th of June 1409 the choice fell on the venerable 1410.

In fact, Brahma, having performed his legitimate part in the mundane evolution by his original creation of the universe, has retired into the background, being, as it were, looked upon as functus officio, like a venerable figure of a former generation, whence in epic poetry he is commonly styled pitamaha, " the grandsire."

At Athens, however, where they had a sanctuary at the foot of the Areopagus hill and a sacred grove at Colonus, their regular name was Semnae (venerable).

At Leiden, Ames became intimate with the venerable Mr Goodyear, pastor of the English church there.

As he sat on the judgment-seat, ` the deep thought betrayed in his furrowed brow - the large eyebrows, overhanging eyes that seemed to regard more what was taking place within than around him - his calmness, that would have assumed a character of sternness but for its perfect placidity - his dignity, repose and venerable age, tended at once to win confidence and to inspire respect ' (Townsend).

He understands their change of manner, calmly tells them not to mock him by calling him "the venerable Gotama"; that he has found the ambrosia of truth and can lead them to it.

It lies on the border of the meadow-land, and with its irregular, semi-rural streets, and venerable trees is considered one of the prettiest villages in New England.

No one felt more sincerely for the sufferings of her soldiers, and no one regretted more truly the useless prolongation of the struggle, than the venerable lady who occupied the throne.

Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690), a Visitation nun of Paray-le-Monial, assisted by her director, the Venerable Claude de la Colombiere, S.J.

The venerable structure is maintained by the commissioners of woods and forests, and private munificence has provided several stained-glass windows.

Here, too in du Tillet's splendid library, he began the studies which resulted in his great work, the Institutes, and paid a visit to Nerac, where the venerable Lefevre, whose revised translation of the Bible into French was published about this time, was spending his last years under the kindly care of Margaret of Navarre.

On its banks lie the cities of Munich and Landshut, and the venerable episcopal see of Freising, and the inhabitants of the district it waters are reckoned the core of the Bavarian race.

Already in 982 Maelsechlainn had invaded Thomond and uprooted the venerable tree under which the Dalcais rulers were inaugurated.

They were retained in his ideal legislation, apparently, because their use was already invested with the mystery of a long-vanished past, and they were regarded as having formed one of the most venerable adjuncts of the priesthood.

Of ordinary immorality it took little notice, and the triumph of its cause in the 16th and 17th centuries, while producing such types of ecstatic piety as St Theresa (qv.), the Sor Mariade Jesus (Maria Agreda), (q.v.) and the Venerable Virgin Luisa de Carvajal, was accompanied by an extraordinary development of moral laxity.

On a tongue of land east of the town stands the castle of Kronberg or Kronenberg, a magnificent, solid and venerable Gothic structure built by Frederick II.

Aldhelm was one of his disciples, for he addresses him as the "venerable preceptor of my rude childhood."

Nor is factory farming a venerable tradition going back centuries, it's a modern abomination created by greed.

The mortal remains of the Venerable Mary Potter were re-buried in the north ambulatory of the Cathedral in 1997.

One which may seem downright baroque is to use the venerable old UUCP.

Nothing could exceed the love and respect which the younger cottagers exhibited toward their venerable companion.

Minimalism and white space is set against deep red and black drapery; venerable beams are cheek by jowl with steel and glass.

Some upbeat, almost jazzy arrangements have their roots with George Shearing, the venerable blind English jazz master.

So here then we should understand what is meant by ' venerable lamas ' by looking at the Tibetan word.

Transport Economics Transport Economics as a branch of applied microeconomics has a long and venerable history.

He abhorred a vain ostentation of wit in handling sacred truths, so venerable and grave, and of eternal consequence.

In fact, the image of this venerable charity seems to have skipped an era, jumping from 19th century philanthropy to 21st efficiency.

This venerable dram is from the family owned distillery at Ballindalloch that has the largest mash tun in Scotland.

Here is a very venerable oak, which is supposed to have existed in the founder's time, of uncommon size.

And so I hold the stated position as it is, because it belongs to men who are highly venerable.

In the Roman Church the granting of the title "venerable" is the first step in the long process of the canonization of saints (see Canonization) .

The head of that venerable organism, the emperor Francis II., bowed to the inevitable and announced that he thenceforth confined himself to his functions as Francis I., hereditary emperor of Austria, a title which he had taken just two years previously.

At Anna Pavlovna's on the twenty-sixth of August, the very day of the battle of Borodino, there was a soiree, the chief feature of which was to be the reading of a letter from His Lordship the Bishop when sending the Emperor an icon of the Venerable Sergius.

This icon of the Venerable Sergius, the servant of God and zealous champion of old of our country's weal, is offered to Your Imperial Majesty.

Nor can I fail to mention my own venerable Predecessors who have guided the Church in the twentieth century.

In 1848 this venerable edifice was sold to the North British Railroad Co. for about £ 18,000.

Through such proliferation, as Marx observed, ' ancient and venerable prejudices and opinions are swept away '.

Here is a very venerable oak, which is supposed to have existed in the founder 's time, of uncommon size.

Silverman accepted the position, but her stint at the venerable sketch comedy show wouldn't last long.

Along Condado Beach are several luxury resort, including the venerable Carib Hilton and the Condado Beach Resort.

The venerable PC has come a long way from its humble origins - anyone remember the 8088 processor, Word Perfect, and IBM's "Little Tramp" ad campaigns? - to its current status as a gaming institution.

Although his early studies appeared promising, later studies conducted by the venerable Mayo Clinic disproved many of Pauling's earlier findings.

Macy's - This venerable department store has a wide selection of summer dresses in the latest trends for every age group.