单词 | venerable |
释义 | venerable adj.   1. entitled to veneration on account of character, age, associations, etc. (a venerable priest; venerable relics).   2. as the title of an archdeacon in the Church of England.   3. RC Ch. as the title of a deceased person who has attained a certain degree of sanctity but has not been fully beatified or canonized. Derivatives venerability n. venerableness n. venerably adv. Etymology: ME f. OF venerable or L venerabilis (as VENERATE) |
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