Both Uses
venerable
in
Kim, by Rudyard Kipling
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- Moreover, the lama was a great and venerable curiosity.†
Chpt 2 *venerable = respected (worthy of respect) -- typically because of age or position
- Written by Sobrao Satai, Failed Entrance Allahabad University, for Venerable Teshoo Lama the priest of Such-zen looking for a River, address care of Tirthankars' Temple, Benares.†
Chpt 6
Definitions:
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(1)
(venerable) respected (worthy of respect) -- typically because of age or position
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, venerable can be used as a specific religious title whose exact meaning depends upon the religious denomination, but when given, is only to a small number or people who are exceptionally respected and admired.