venerability
venerability · venerabilities
Ehrwürdigkeit
The qualities of being venerableThe qualities of being venerable; great age, respectability, infirmity, etc.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The qualities of being venerable; great age, respectability, infirmity, etc.
Because of the professor's venerability his opinion was often asked, but his actual attendance in committee meetings was not insisted upon.
Ehrwürdigkeit
More definitions
- the quality of deserving veneration
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
the qualities of being venerable:
Origin
From venerable + -ity, from Latin venerabilitas.From venerable + -ity, from Latin venerabilitas.
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Forms
plural: venerabilities| Singular | venerability |
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Synonyms
15 synonymsantiquityC1ageA1agednesshoarinessvenerablenessancientnesscobwebbinessdatednessdecrepitnessdecrepitudehoaroldhoodoldnessvetustity
Close in meaning
- the quality of deserving veneration:venerableness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedvenerable
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable