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.

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

The ages of these veterans ranged from fifty-nine up to the patriarchal venerableness of nearly ninety.

From Sketches and Studies by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Long tenure of estates and little change in the people had given Richmond the venerableness we associate with age.

From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)

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