Word of the Day for Friday 21st March 2014
Venerable\ VEN-er-uh-buhl \,
adjective;
1. Commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of
veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a
venerable member of Congress
2. A title for someone proclaimed by the Roman Catholic Church to have
attained the first degree of sanctity or of an Anglican archdeacon.
3.
(of places, buildings, etc.) hallowed by religious, historic, or other lofty
associations: the venerable halls of the abbey.
4. Impressive or interesting because of age, antique appearance, etc.: a
venerable oak tree.
5.
Extremely old or obsolete; ancient: a venerable automobile.
noun:
1. A venerable person.
Quotes:
And oh, to think that he should have disobeyed and practised on that sweet,
that venerable gentleman, whose name he bore; that kind and tender
guardian; his more than father—to say nothing at all of mother horrible, horrible!
-- Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit , 1843-1844
...one would think that to look on while a pair of venerable hands pressed
such young heads, and a venerable face looked upward for a blessing on
them, would be very likely to make the heart swell gently, and to moisten
the eyes.
the eyes.
-- George Eliot, Scenes of Clerical Life , 1857
Origin:
Venerable first appeared in English in the 1400’s from the Latin venerari
meaning "to worship or revere."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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