| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ven·er·a·ble |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v n  r--bl |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position. 2. Worthy of reverence, especially by religious or historical association: venerable relics. 3. Venerable abbr. Ven. or V. a. Roman Catholic Church Used as a form of address for a person who has reached the first stage of canonization. b. Used as a form of address for an archdeacon in the Anglican Church or the Episcopal Church. | | OTHER FORMS: | vener·a·ble·ness, ven er·a·bili·ty —NOUN
vener·a·bly —ADVERB
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