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Definition of Dignity

1. Noun. The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect. "Showed his true dignity when under pressure"

2. Noun. Formality in bearing and appearance. "He behaved with great dignity"

3. Noun. High office or rank or station. "He respected the dignity of the emissaries"

Definition of Dignity

1. n. The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.

Definition of Dignity

1. Noun. A quality or state worthy of esteem and respect. ¹

2. Noun. Decorum, formality, stateliness. ¹

3. Noun. High office, rank, or station. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dignity

1. stateliness and nobility of manner [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dignity

diglyph diglyphs dignathus dignifiable dignification dignifications dignified dignifiedly dignifies dignify

dignifying dignitaries dignitary dignitie dignities dignity (current term) dignosce dignotion dignotions digold

digon digonal digonous digons digoxigenin digoxigenins digoxin digoxin toxicity digoxins digoxygenin

Literary usage of Dignity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1869)
"OVER and above the expense necessary for enabling the sovereign to perform his several duties, a certain expense is requisite for the support of his dignity ..."

2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... though sincerely desirous of peace, to negotiate with the greater weight and dignity. Three persons only assisted at this important conference, ..."

3. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"Grant, O Lord God my Saviour, that with coming often to Thy mysteries the zeal of my devotion may increase. CHAPTER V Of the dignity of this Sacrament, ..."

4. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"CHAPTER V. He throws aside Holy Scripture as being too simple, and by no means comparable with Cicero for dignity. I BEGAN then to turn my mind to the Holy ..."

5. The Law Reports by James M. Moorsom, James Redfoord Bulwer, Alexander Mortimer, Henry Holroyd, John Edward Hall, Great Britain Court of Appeal (1876)
"But, in order to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion, it is necessary not only to examine the circumstances connected with the dignity in early times, ..."

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