condignity

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noun

The condition of being condign; merit or worthiness.

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Meanings

nouncondignity (countable and uncountable, plural condignities)

plural condignities

  1. countableuncountableThe condition of being condign; merit or worthiness.
    1 more example

    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.

    a. 1710, George Bull, The Worthiness of the Partakers of future Glory (sermon)

Origin

From condign + -ity.

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APA

condignity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condignity

MLA

“condignity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condignity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “condignity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condignity.

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