venerableness

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Those who belong to them have all the upstart pride and pettifogging spirit of their present character ingrafted on the venerableness and superstitious sanctity of ancient institutions.

From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by Hazlitt, William

By his talents, learning, and ambition, Cotton Mather had become recognized as a "Father in the Church;" and his aspect, as he stood in the pulpit of "North Boston," fulfilled the idea of venerableness.

From Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply by Upham, Charles Wentworth

Such was her character and reputation, that the belief in her supernatural powers had only heightened the notion of her venerableness.

From The Portent & Other Stories by MacDonald, George

The tenderness of youth and the venerableness of age were no protection.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

This here venerableness, he declares a whole lot, is solely and absolutely due to the ondisputable fact that he ain’t never bathed in forty-two years.

From Louisiana Lou A Western Story by Winter, William West