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I know all about that fine and terrible ordering, how it variously casts you as the golden child, the slave-son or daughter, the venerable father, the long-dead god.†

venerable = respected (worthy of respect) -- typically because of age or position
It made him feel like an old-timer, venerable.†
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They didn't appear much different to me than they did twenty years before; they looked just as tall, as venerable, the capital of my father's life.†
The news shows Mayor De Roos venerably bowing his head at a press conference.†

venerably = in a manner that is worthy of respect

Definitions:

(1) (venerable)
respected (worthy of respect) -- typically because of age or position
(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.