venerable.
1. adj. worthy of veneration of respect.
2. adj. u. as epithet or renown to refer to persons of known virtue.
3. adj. u. as title to refer to ecclesiastical persons incorporated in prelacía and dignity.
4. adj. first title granted the Catholic Church who die with a reputation for Holiness, and which is commonly the blessed, and finally the Holy. U t. c. s.
