impressive by reason of age
"a venerable sage with white hair and beard"
profoundly honored
"revered holy men"
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venerable
A brotherhood of venerable trees. [ Wordsworth ]
Custom, 'tis true, a venerable tyrant
Over servile man extends her blind dominion. [ Thomson ]
In this grave lie the bones of the Venerable Bede. [ Inscription on Bede's tomb ]
A broad hat does not always cover a venerable head. [ Proverb ]
Trust not the heart of that man for whom old clothes are not venerable. [ Carlyle ]
Unhappy is the man for whom his own mother has not made all other mothers venerable. [ Agnesi ]
A large, branching, aged oak is perhaps the most venerable of all inanimate objects. [ Shenstone ]
Venerable to me is the hard hand, - crooked, coarse, - wherein, notwithstanding, lies a cunning virtue, indispensably royal as of the sceptre of the planet. [ Carlyle ]
venerablein Scrabble®
The word venerable is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
venerable:
bereave, enabler, veneral, verbena
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venerablein Words With Friends™
The word venerable is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
venerable:
bereave, enabler, veneral, verbena
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