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Dignity   /dˈɪgnəti/   Listen
noun
Dignity  n.  (pl. dignities)  
1.
The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.
2.
Elevation; grandeur. "The dignity of this act was worth the audience of kings."
3.
Elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment; exaltation. "And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this?" "Reuben, thou art my firstborn,... the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power."
4.
Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; said of mien, manner, style, etc. "A letter written with singular energy and dignity of thought and language."
5.
One holding high rank; a dignitary. "These filthy dreamers... speak evil of dignities."
6.
Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim. (Obs.) "Sciences concluding from dignities, and principles known by themselves."
Synonyms: See Decorum.
To stand upon one's dignity, to have or to affect a high notion of one's own rank, privilege, or character. "They did not stand upon their dignity, nor give their minds to being or to seeming as elegant and as fine as anybody else."





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"Dignity" Quotes from Famous Books



... fixed upon her; his lips announced a new determination, set as they were in the lines of resentful dignity. ...
— The Crown of Life • George Gissing
... I know very well what you mean. His Majesty is kind and polite to everybody. The last thing he said to me was, 'Angelique! do not forget to compliment Monseigneur the bishop on the dignity I have conferred upon him, of almoner to the dauphiness. I desired the appointment for him only that he might be of rank sufficient to confess, now you are duchess. Let him be your ...
— Imaginary Conversations and Poems - A Selection • Walter Savage Landor
... friends needed no second invitation and throwing all dignity to the winds, raced down the street in the direction of the burning building. When they reached the High School smoke was issuing from the windows of the gymnasium, and from the roof and chimneys, and situated as it was like a connecting link between the two buildings, ...
— Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School - or The Parting of the Ways • Jessie Graham Flower
... whole congregation was aroused, and cries of "Sit down!" "Sit down!" came from every side of the church. It was a hard moment, but I was able to rise with some show of dignity. I was hurt through and through, but my ...
— The Story of a Pioneer - With The Collaboration Of Elizabeth Jordan • Anna Howard Shaw
... himself up at full height, with the dignity of a man of talent who scorns to reply ...
— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet


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