<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a venerable member of Congress.</li><li>A title for someone proclaimed by the Roman Catholic Church to have attained the first degree of sanctity or of an Anglican archdeacon.</li><li>(Of places, buildings, etc.) Hallowed by religious, historic, or other lofty associations: the venerable halls of the abbey.</li><li>Impressive or interesting because of age, antique appearance, etc.: a venerable oak tree.</li><li>Extremely old or obsolete; ancient: a venerable automobile.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A venerable person.</li></ul>