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# venerable

«venerable» in Mova's school dictionary: **old and deserving respect, often because of great age** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (venerable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Venerable means old and deserving respect, often because of great age. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerable/#m1)

2) (old use) A title of respect for some church people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories and nature talk, an old tree, rock or wise person that deserves respect; «a venerable old man» is an honoured elder

### examples

- One feels quite a novice beside these venerable million-year-old boulders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerable/#x1)
- It is a large venerable tree, though a little crippled by age. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerable/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «venerable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.