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dignity
(encz) | dignity,důstojnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Dignity
(gcide) | Dignity \Dig"ni*ty\, n.; pl. Dignities. [OE. dignete, dignite,
OF. dignet['e], dignit['e], F. dignit['e], fr. L. dignitas,
from dignus worthy. See Dainty, Deign.]
1. The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind
or character; true worth; excellence.
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2. Elevation; grandeur.
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The dignity of this act was worth the audience of
kings. --Shak.
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3. Elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political
or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment;
exaltation. --Macaulay.
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And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been
done to Mordecai for this? --Esth. vi. 3.
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Reuben, thou art my firstborn, . . . the excellency
of dignity, and the excellency of power. --Gen.
xlix. 3.
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4. Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness
and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of mien,
manner, style, etc.
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A letter written with singular energy and dignity of
thought and language. --Macaulay.
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5. One holding high rank; a dignitary.
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These filthy dreamers . . . speak evil of dignities.
--Jude. 8.
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6. Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim. [Obs.]
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Sciences concluding from dignities, and principles
known by themselves. --Sir T.
Browne.
Syn: See Decorum.
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To stand upon one's dignity, to have or to affect a high
notion of one's own rank, privilege, or character.
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They did not stand upon their dignity, nor give
their minds to being or to seeming as elegant and as
fine as anybody else. --R. G. White.
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dignity
(wn) | dignity
n 1: the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; "it was
beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity
when under pressure" [syn: dignity, self-respect,
self-regard, self-worth]
2: formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great
dignity" [syn: dignity, lordliness, gravitas]
3: high office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of
the emissaries" |
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dignity
(encz) | dignity,důstojnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
indignity
(encz) | indignity,urážlivé chování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Condignity
(gcide) | Condignity \Con*dig"ni*ty\, n. [Cf. F. condignit['e].]
(Scholastic Theol.)
Merit, acquired by works, which can claim reward on the score
of general benevolence.
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Such a worthiness of condignity, and proper merit of
the heavenly glory, cannot be found in any the best,
most perfect, and excellent of created beings. --Bp.
Bull.
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Curule dignity
(gcide) | Curule \Cu"rule\ (k[=u]"r[udd]l), a. [L. curulis, fr. currus a
chariot: cf. F. curule.]
1. Of or pertaining to a chariot.
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2. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to a kind of chair
appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries;
pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in
the curule chair; hence, official.
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Note: The curule chair was usually shaped like a camp stool,
and provided with curved legs. It was at first
ornamented with ivory, and later sometimes made of
ivory and inlaid with gold.
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Curule dignity right of sitting in the curule chair.
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Indignity
(gcide) | Indignity \In*dig"ni*ty\, n.; pl. Indignities. [L. indignitas:
cf. F. indignit['e]. See Indign.]
Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him;
an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous
treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with
insult.
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How might a prince of my great hopes forget
So great indignities you laid upon me? --Shak.
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A person of so great place and worth constrained to
endure so foul indignities. --Hooker.
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