venerableness

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There was a splendid old pastor there; his white hair and trumpeting voice gave him venerableness, even when he spoke of things that seemed to me very childish and obvious.

From The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew by Gilbert W.

Properly their one element of venerableness, of strength of greatness, is, that they at all times correspond therewith as near as by human possibility they can.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Lodge, Henry Cabot

There was nothing artificial or upstart about their beauty, but the venerableness of dignity.

From Stubble by Looms, George

Such was her character and reputation, that the belief in her supernatural powers had only heightened the notion of her venerableness.

From The Portent & Other Stories by MacDonald, George

By his talents, learning, and ambition, Cotton Mather had become recognized as a "Father in the Church;" and his aspect, as he stood in the pulpit of "North Boston," fulfilled the idea of venerableness.

From Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply by Upham, Charles Wentworth