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Adjective: venerable  ve-nu-ru-bul
  1. Impressive by reason of age
    "a venerable sage with white hair and beard"
     
  2. Profoundly honoured
    "venerable holy men"
    - august, revered

See also: honorable [US], honourable [Brit, Cdn], old, venerableness

Encyclopedia: Venerable