Condignity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Condignity is a noun meaning The condition of being condign; merit or worthiness.
Meaning
The condition of being condign; merit or worthiness.
Example Sentences
Our obedience to God ought to be such, as that it may have, tho' not a merit of condignity to deserve everlasting bliss, (that being, as I have shewn you, utterly impossible) yet an ordinability, as a great doctor of our church expresseth it, that is, a meetness, fitness, and due disposition toward the obtaining it.
Word Forms
- condignities
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include condignness, decency, deservingness, worthiness, decentness, commendability.
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