1. (a.) Worthy of veneration or reverence; deserving of honor and respect; -- generally implying an advanced age; as, a venerable magistrate\; a venerable parent.

2. (a.) Rendered sacred by religious or other associations; that should be regarded with awe and treated with reverence; as, the venerable walls of a temple or a church.

acknowledged admirable admitted advanced advanced in life advanced in years age-old aged ageless along in years ancient antediluvian antique aristocratic august auld awe-inspiring awesome awful conventional courtly creditable customary dateless dignified divine dreadful elderly established esteemed estimable fixed folk grand grave gray gray with age gray-haired gray-headed grown old hallowed handed down heavenly held in esteem heroic highly esteemed highly regarded highly reputed highly respectable hoar hoary holy honorable honored immemorial imposing impressive in favor in good odor in high favor ineffable inenarrable inexpressible inveterate inviolable inviolate kingly legendary long-established long-standing lordly magisterial majestic meritorious mythological noble numinous of long standing of old of the folk of yore old old as Methuselah old as history old as time old-time olden oral patriarchal prescriptive prestigious princely queenly received recognized regal religious reputable respectable respected revered reverenced reverend reverential rooted royal sacred sacrosanct sedate senectuous sober solemn spiritual stately statuesque time-honored timeless timeworn traditional tried and true true-blue understood unspeakable untouchable unutterable unwritten venerated well-thought-of white white with age white-bearded white-crowned white-haired worshipful worthy wrinkled wrinkly years old