venerable

5 definitions • 3 examples

deserving respect because of age, high position, or religious or historical importance:

a venerable tradition/company/family

She has worked at such venerable institutions as Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York.

used as a title for an archdeacon in the Church of England

used as a title for a person who is considered holy by the Roman Catholic Church but who has not yet been made a saint

used as a title for a monk in Buddhism

respected, esp. because of long experience or age:

The venerable American jeweler, Tiffany & Company, appointed a new president.