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venerability

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The qualities of being venerable; great age, respectability, infirmity, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Because of the professor's venerability his opinion was often asked, but his actual attendance in committee meetings was not insisted upon.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: agedness, hoariness, venerableness, ancientness, antiquity, age, cobwebbiness, datedness, decrepitness, decrepitude, hoar, oldhood, oldness, venerability, vetustity

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the quality of deserving veneration

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: venerableness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: honorableness, honourableness

History

Etymology

From venerable + -ity, from Latin venerabilitas.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պատկառանք (patkaṙankʻ) — the qualities of being venerable
  • Armenian: պատկառելիություն (patkaṙeliutʻyun) — the qualities of being venerable
  • Finnish: kunnioitettavuus — the qualities of being venerable
  • German: Ehrwürdigkeit — the qualities of being venerable
  • Italian: venerabilità — the qualities of being venerable
  • Spanish: venerabilidad — the qualities of being venerable