venerableness

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Long tenure of estates and little change in the people had given Richmond the venerableness we associate with age.

From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)

There was nothing artificial or upstart about their beauty, but the venerableness of dignity.

From Stubble by Looms, George

I am afraid that the old commended itself by its venerableness, the solidity of its traditions, and the authority of its great names, while the new was still vague and formless.

From Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks

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

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