venerable 音标拼音: [v'ɛnɚəbəl]
a . 庄严的,值得尊敬的
庄严的,值得尊敬的
venerable adj 1 :
impressive by reason of age ; "
a venerable sage with white hair and beard "
2 :
profoundly honored ; "
revered holy men " [
synonym : {
august },
{
revered }, {
venerable }]
Venerable \
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venerabilis :
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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 .
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1913 Webster ]
He was a man of eternal self -
sacrifice ,
and that is always venerable . --
De Quincey .
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Venerable men !
you have come down to us from a former generation . --
D .
Webster .
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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 .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
This word is employed in the Church of England as a title for an archdeacon .
In the Roman Catholic Church ,
venerable is applied to those who have attained to the lowest of the three recognized degrees of sanctity ,
but are not among the beatified ,
nor the canonized .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
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n . --
{
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adv .
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1913 Webster ]
138 Moby Thesaurus words for "
venerable ":
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
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