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venerability

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Or maybe those roles happen because you radiate venerability.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2021

And that’s the funny thing about docu-soaps in 2017: Bravo’s “Real Housewives,” dismissed as tawdry when it debuted in 2008, now has an air of venerability.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2017

But despite its venerability, debt is not much respected.

From Economist • Sep. 12, 2013

Naturally the goodies were scaled to suit the town's venerability: a 2,000-lb. creamy fudge sundae and a 14-ft. by 6-ft. field of butter-creamed pound cake adorned with a 5-ft. marzipan replica of historic Faneuil Hall.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once again, I offer you the Appalachian Trail as a symbol of venerability.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson