KJV Dictionary - venerable
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VENERABLE
VEN'ERABLE, a. L. venerabilis, from veneror, to honor, to worship.
1. Worthy of veneration or reverence; deserving of honor and respect; as a venerable magistrate; a venerable parent.
2. Rendered sacred by religious associations, or being consecrated to God and to his worship; to be regarded with awe and treated with reverence; as the venerable walls of a temple or church.
The places where saints have suffered for the testimony of Christ - rendered venerable by their death.
Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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