Was there ever a wider or more loving conspiracy than that which keeps the venerable figure of Santa Claus from slipping away, with all the other oldtime myths, into the forsaken wonderland of the past?
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Venerable
//ˈvɛnəɹəbl//
Synonyms for "venerable" (217 found)
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Closest matches (44)
Strong matches (65)
Related words (108)
inveterateinviolableinviolatekinglylegendaryloftylong establishedlong standinglong-establishedlong-standinglordlymagisterialmajesticmeritoriousmythologicalnoblenuminousof long standingof oldof the folk
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of yoreold as historyold as methuselahold as timeold-timeoldenoralpatriarchalpreciousprescriptiveprestigiousprincelyqueenlyreceivedrecognizedregalreligiousreputablerespectedreveredreverencedreverendreverentialrootedroyalsacredsacrosanctsedatesenectuoussobersolemnspiritualstatelystatuesquetime-honoredtimelesstimeworntraditionaltried and truetrue bluetrue-blueunderstoodunspeakableuntouchableunutterableunwrittenveneratedwell-thought-ofwhitewhite with agewhite-beardedwhite-crownedwhite-hairedworshipfulworthywrinkledwrinklyyears old
Adjective(28 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesrelated to
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
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5 entriesTranslations
87 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σεβαστός adj (worthy of reverence)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qocaman adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
Basque
1 entries- agurgarri adj (description in the Roman Catholic Church of someone in the first stages of canonisation)
Bulgarian
3 entries- почитан adj (worthy of reverence)
- преподобен adj (sacred by association)
- уважаван adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 可敬 adj (worthy of reverence)
- 德高望重的 adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
Finnish
4 entries- kunnianarvoisa adj (form of address for an archdeacon in the Anglican Church)
- kunnioitettava adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- kunnioitettava adj (worthy of reverence)
- kunnioitettava adj (description in the Roman Catholic Church of someone in the first stages of canonisation)
French
4 entries- vénérable adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- vénérable adj (worthy of reverence)
- vénérable adj (ancient, antiquated or archaic)
- vénérable adj (sacred by association)
Galician
2 entries- respetábel adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- venerábel adj (worthy of reverence)
Georgian
4 entries- მოწყალე adj (radiating goodness and benevolence)
- პატივსაცემი adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- პატივსაცემი adj (worthy of reverence)
- საპატიო adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
German
4 entries- anachronistisch adj (ancient, antiquated or archaic)
- archaisch adj (ancient, antiquated or archaic)
- ehrwürdig adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- geheiligt adj (sacred by association)
Hungarian
4 entries- nagytiszteletű adj (sacred by association)
- patinás adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- tisztelendő adj (sacred by association)
- tiszteletet ébresztő/parancsoló adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
Icelandic
4 entries- sem vekur virðingu adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- sem vekur virðingu adj (worthy of reverence)
- virðulegur adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- virðulegur adj (worthy of reverence)
Italian
4 entries- onorevole adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- rispettabile adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- sacra adj (sacred by association)
- sacro adj (sacred by association)
Japanese
3 entries- 崇高な adj (worthy of reverence)
- 敬うべき adj (worthy of reverence)
- 立派な adj (worthy of reverence)
Kazakh
2 entries- абзал adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- абзал adj (worthy of reverence)
Macedonian
4 entries- до́стоен adj (worthy of reverence)
- дре́вен adj (ancient, antiquated or archaic)
- ми́лостив adj (radiating goodness and benevolence)
- почи́туван adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
Polish
4 entries- czcigodny adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- czcigodny adj (worthy of reverence)
- szacowny adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- sędziwy adj (ancient, antiquated or archaic)
Russian
4 entries- достопочтенный adj (worthy of reverence)
- дре́вний adj (ancient, antiquated or archaic)
- милостивый adj (radiating goodness and benevolence)
- уважа́емый adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
Spanish
1 entries- venerable adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
Swedish
4 entries- respektabel adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- vördad adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- ärevördig adj (worthy of reverence)
- ärevördig adj (ancient, antiquated or archaic)
Telugu
1 entries- పూజ్యము adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
Turkish
2 entries- muhterem adj (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
- saygıdeğer adj (worthy of reverence)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пошти́вний adj (radiating goodness and benevolence)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Within the palace, open to the day, / there stood a massive altar. Overhead, / with drooping boughs, a venerable bay / its shadowy foliage o'er the home-gods spread.
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The venerable observatory, with its suite of cameras and other instruments, is expected to stay operational through the 2020s, in synergy with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope.
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The Venerable Bede is regarded as one of the most important chroniclers of the early Middle Ages.
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