venerableness

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Further still, it may be said, where will be the venerableness of your boasted science about divine natures?

From Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Taylor, Thomas

Of a Gothic venerableness, it fell upon his breast like a continual iron-gray storm.

From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Melville, Herman

Those who belong to them have all the upstart pride and pettifogging spirit of their present character ingrafted on the venerableness and superstitious sanctity of ancient institutions.

From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by Hazlitt, William

Chaucer’s Lawyer is a character of great venerableness, a Judge and a real master of the jurisprudence of his age.

From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David

Hence the importance, the venerableness of all those mediæval hymns.

From Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion by Lee, Vernon