Venerable
adjective
Earning respect because of age, wisdom, or character.
A venerable old man addressed the crowd.
Often appears as...
- venerable age
- venerable institution
adjective
Used to show respect for a religious leader in some Christian Churches.
The Venerable Bede is one of the early English saints.
Often appears as...
- venerable title
- venerable bede
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Used to refer to something that is old and respected, especially buildings or objects.
The venerable old building has stood for hundreds of years.
Often appears as...
- venerable structure
- venerable edifice
adjective
Earning respect because of age, wisdom, or character.
A venerable old man addressed the crowd.
Often appears as...
- venerable age
- venerable institution
adjective
Used to show respect for a religious leader in some Christian Churches.
The Venerable Bede is one of the early English saints.
Often appears as...
- venerable title
- venerable bede
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Used to refer to something that is old and respected, especially buildings or objects.
The venerable old building has stood for hundreds of years.
Often appears as...
- venerable structure
- venerable edifice
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Respect and Age
Venerable often describes someone admired due to old age or long service.
The company honored its venerable founder at the ceremony.
Pro Tip 2/3Earned Respect
Being venerable doesn't just come with age—it's earned through one's actions.
She gained a venerable reputation through her humanitarian work.
Pro Tip 3/3Deep Character
Venerable implies a depth of character often associated with wisdom.
His venerable insights were sought after by many.
Pro Tip 1/3Respect and Age
Venerable often describes someone admired due to old age or long service.
The company honored its venerable founder at the ceremony.
Pro Tip 2/3Earned Respect
Being venerable doesn't just come with age—it's earned through one's actions.
She gained a venerable reputation through her humanitarian work.
Pro Tip 3/3Deep Character
Venerable implies a depth of character often associated with wisdom.
His venerable insights were sought after by many.
Pro Tip 1/3Respect and Age
Venerable often describes someone admired due to old age or long service.
The company honored its venerable founder at the ceremony.
Pro Tip 2/3Earned Respect
Being venerable doesn't just come with age—it's earned through one's actions.
She gained a venerable reputation through her humanitarian work.
Pro Tip 3/3Deep Character
Venerable implies a depth of character often associated with wisdom.
His venerable insights were sought after by many.
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The new era of positive...
You don't giggle a lot. What you get is more absorption. So, that's the second path. The first path, positive emotion; the second path is eudaemonian flow; and the third path is meaning. This is the most venerable of the happinesses, traditionally.
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Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
comes from the rock record that you pull from the earth so you've got to do that you've got to support that work and you've got to train new generations of people not just in the new techniques which are you know popular and easy but in the hard work of describing the anatomy right which is a venerable field and sometimes seen as antiquated which is absolutely
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The new era of positive...
You don't giggle a lot. What you get is more absorption. So, that's the second path. The first path, positive emotion; the second path is eudaemonian flow; and the third path is meaning. This is the most venerable of the happinesses, traditionally.
Video examples
On positive psychology -...
first path positive emotion the second path is eudaimonia and flow and the third path is meaning this is the most venerable of all the happiness's traditionally and meaning in this view
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Graydon Carter
American Journalist
Only institutions that go about the old-fashioned business of taking in deposits from customer A and lending them out to customer B should be called banks. The rest should call themselves what they are. 'Parlors' would be appropriate, or 'dens' - words more suitable to venerable betting pursuits.
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Frances Burney
English Novelist
There is something in age that ever, even in its own despite, must be venerable, must create respect and to have it ill treated, is to me worse, more cruel and wicked than anything on earth.
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Adam West
American Actor
My paintings capture the humor, zaniness, and depth of the Batman villains as well as the Freudian motivations of Batman as an all-too-human, venerable, and funny vigilante superhero.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
When the venerable pontiff's hour has come, a Roman of good age shall be elected, of whom it will be said that he dishonored his throne though he held it long, with virtuous acts.
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Joseph Howe
Canadian Politician
Will you permit the sacred fire of liberty, brought by your fathers from the venerable temples of Britain, to be quenched and trodden out on the simple altars they have raised?
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
American Baseball Player
The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
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Robert Walpole
British Statesman
Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.
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Joe Bob Briggs
American Critic
Almost every venerable tradition at a men's club starts out as a joke.
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Graydon Carter
American Journalist
Only institutions that go about the old-fashioned business of taking in deposits from customer A and lending them out to customer B should be called banks. The rest should call themselves what they are. 'Parlors' would be appropriate, or 'dens' - words more suitable to venerable betting pursuits.
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Frances Burney
English Novelist
There is something in age that ever, even in its own despite, must be venerable, must create respect and to have it ill treated, is to me worse, more cruel and wicked than anything on earth.
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Adam West
American Actor
My paintings capture the humor, zaniness, and depth of the Batman villains as well as the Freudian motivations of Batman as an all-too-human, venerable, and funny vigilante superhero.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
When the venerable pontiff's hour has come, a Roman of good age shall be elected, of whom it will be said that he dishonored his throne though he held it long, with virtuous acts.
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Joseph Howe
Canadian Politician
Will you permit the sacred fire of liberty, brought by your fathers from the venerable temples of Britain, to be quenched and trodden out on the simple altars they have raised?
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
American Baseball Player
The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
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Robert Walpole
British Statesman
Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.
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Joe Bob Briggs
American Critic
Almost every venerable tradition at a men's club starts out as a joke.
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