venerability
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From venerable + -ity, from Latin venerabilitas.
Noun
[edit]venerability (countable and uncountable, plural venerabilities)
- The qualities of being venerable; great age, respectability, infirmity, etc.
- Synonyms: agedness, hoariness, venerableness; see also Thesaurus:oldness
- Because of the professor's venerability his opinion was often asked, but his actual attendance in committee meetings was not insisted upon.
Translations
[edit]the qualities of being venerable
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