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   Dignity , n.; pl. Dignities . [OE. dignete, dignite, OF. digneté, dignité, F. dignité, fr. L. dignitas, from dignus worthy. See Dainty, Deign.]
   The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.
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   Elevation; grandeur.
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   The dignity of this act was worth the audience of kings.
   Shak.
   
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   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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   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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   One holding high rank; a dignitary.
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   These filthy dreamers . . . speak evil of dignities.
   Jude. 8.
   
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   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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