venerableness

Example Sentences

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Something of the venerableness of Independence Hall, the dignity of Girard College, and the air of financial importance that belongs to the Mint gets into the blood of a Philadelphian.

From Duffels by Eggleston, Edward

Chaucer’s Lawyer is a character of great venerableness, a Judge and a real master of the jurisprudence of his age.

From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David

The ages of these veterans ranged from fifty-nine up to the patriarchal venerableness of nearly ninety.

From Sketches and Studies by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Of a Gothic venerableness, it fell upon his breast like a continual iron-gray storm.

From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Melville, Herman

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