venerable (adj.)
- acknowledged
- admirable
- advanced
- age-old
- aged
- ageless
- ancient
- antediluvian
- antique
- aristocratic
- august
- auld
- awe-inspiring
- awesome
- awful
- conventional
- courtly
- creditable
- customary
- dateless
- dignified
- divine
- dreadful
- elderly
- established
- esteemed
- estimable
- fixed
- grand
- grave
- gray
- gray-haired
- gray-headed
- hallowed
- heavenly
- heroic
- hoar
- hoary
- holy
- honorable
- honored
- immemorial
- imposing
- impressive
- ineffable
- inexpressible
- inveterate
- inviolable
- inviolate
- kingly
- legendary
- long-standing
- lordly
- magisterial
- majestic
- meritorious
- mythological
- noble
- numinous
- old
- old-time
- olden
- oral
- patriarchal
- prescriptive
- prestigious
- princely
- queenly
- received
- recognized
- regal
- religious
- reputable
- respectable
- respected
- revered
- reverend
- reverential
- rooted
- royal
- sacred
- sacrosanct
- sedate
- sober
- solemn
- spiritual
- stately
- statuesque
- time-honored
- timeless
- timeworn
- traditional
- true-blue
- understood
- unspeakable
- untouchable
- unutterable
- unwritten
- well-thought-of
- white
- white-haired
- worshipful
- worthy
- wrinkled
- wrinkly
Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this joyous day.
A brotherhood of venerable trees.
