Both Uses
venerable
in
Seabiscuit, by Hillenbrand
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- The upstart West had the new Santa Anita Handicap, but the East, seat of racing's elite governing bodies and home to all of America's venerable old races and stables, had prestige.†
Chpt 2.7venerable = respected (worthy of respect) -- typically because of age or position
- Rosemont was there, waiting to meet Seabiscuit in the venerable Brooklyn Handicap.†
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Definitions:
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(venerable) respected (worthy of respect) -- typically because of age or position
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(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.