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venerable
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venerable
1. RC Church a title bestowed on a deceased person when the first stage of his canonization has been accomplished and his holiness has been recognized in a decree of the official Church
2. Church of England a title given to an archdeacon


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Not to overstretch the parallel with a fictional Broadway star lamenting the aging process, but one does have the sense that the GLBT movement has reached a level of maturity and even venerability as it puts aside both the exuberance and foolishness of youth.
The blues critic seeks to hold the guests at such a signal American merger, not by gray-bearded venerability, but by displaying the awesome luminescence of the song itself.
These include the venerability of a precedent, the extent to which a precedent has become institutionalized or embedded within the law, and the recognition of bona fide reliance interests, such as where one class of persons has been encouraged by a precedent to purchase insurance against some hazard and another class of persons has not.
 
 
 
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