venerable
adj
1 [usu attrib 通常作定語]
(fml 文) deserving respect because of age, character, associations, etc (因年歲、 品格、 有某種關聯等)值得敬重的, 受敬佩的
a venerable scholar 德高望重的學者
the venerable ruins of the abbey 大寺院令人肅然起敬的遺跡.
2 (religion 宗)
(a) (in the Church of England) title of an archdeacon (英國國教的)副主教的稱號.
(b) (in the Roman Catholic Church) title of sb thought to be very holy but not yet made a saint (天主教)備受敬仰但尚未被列入圣徒者的稱號.