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The quality or state of inspiring awe or admiration; The quality or state of being majestic; The quality or state of being venerable for reasons of age or high rank.

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  • Adjective : an august performance of a religious drama. ,an august personage
  • Museums don't want their augustness tainted by a succession of declining swains.
  • "In ten minutes more, without fail, the water will be at right heat for your augustness."
  • "Say, I wan 'go in unto this place to see thad same manager, augustness," continued Jiro.
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