Толковый словарь английского языка - venerable
Venerable
venerable
adjective Date: 15th century deserving to be venerated, made sacred especially by religious or historical association, 3. calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments , impressive by reason of age , see: old venerability noun ~ness noun venerably adverb
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adj. 1 entitled to veneration on account of character, age, associations, etc. (a venerable priest; venerable relics). 2 as the title of an archdeacon in the Church of England. 3 RC Ch. as the title of a deceased person who has attained a certain degree of sanctity but has not been fully beatified or canonized. Derivatives venerability n. venerableness n. venerably adv. Etymology: ME f. OF venerable or L venerabilis (as VENERATE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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