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dignation

dignation noun: the act of thinking or treating as worthy; honour (especially of God).

Noun

dignation (plural dignations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of thinking or treating as worthy; honour (especially of God).
    • because it is an act of favour, and depends wholly upon the divine dignation, and was revealed to us by Jesus Christ, who was made not only the Prophet and preacher , but the Mediator of this new covenant and mercy ; it was necessary we should become disciples of te holy Jesus[…]1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC

Forms of dignation

pluraldignations

Origin of dignation

From Latin dignātiō.

Questions about dignation

What does dignation mean?
Dignation means the act of thinking or treating as worthy; honour (especially of God).
What part of speech is dignation?
Dignation is a noun.
What is the plural of dignation?
The plural of dignation is dignations.

Words near dignation in the dictionary

  1. diglyph
  2. diglyphic
  3. diglyphs
  4. Dignams Creek
  5. dignathic
  6. dignation
  7. dignations
  8. digne
  9. Digne-les-Bains
  10. dignifiable
  11. dignification

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