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VENERABLENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does venerableness mean?
• VENERABLENESS (noun)
The noun VENERABLENESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of deserving veneration
Familiarity information: VENERABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of deserving veneration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
venerability; venerableness
Hypernyms ("venerableness" is a kind of...):
honorableness; honourableness (the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor)
Derivation:
venerable (profoundly honored)
venerable (impressive by reason of age)
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