dignitaryn.adj.

/ˈdɪɡnɪtəri/

Forms: Also 1600s -ory.

Etymology: < Latin dignitās or English dignity n. + -ary suffix¹: compare, for the sense, prebendary, for the form, Latin voluntārius voluntary, < voluntās: so French dignitaire, noun (1752 in Trévoux).

A. n.

One invested with a dignity; a personage holding high rank or office, esp. ecclesiastical.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > holding high office

high and mighty1576

scarlet1612

dignitary1672

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [noun]

bishopc893

prelate?c1225

prince of priests?c1225

high priestc1400

pontificala1450

emperor clerkc1475

gentleman untrial1486

dignitya1525

Aaron1565

hierarch1574

presul1577

monsignor1579

church governor1588

pontiff1589

archbishop1600

monseigneur1601

monsignor1611

sheikh1613

protomist1619

Mar1622

hyperochality1637

protarch1654

pontifex1655

prelatical1658

dignitary1672

hierophanta1676

Monsig.1698

ecclesiarch1781

arch-pontiff1790

Mgr1848

Msgr.1868

patriarch-

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] > person of

proudOE

higha1200

estate1399

honourablea1450

statec1449

dignitya1525

high and mighty1576

palasinc1580

titular1605

sublimity1610

dignitary1672

person of condition1673

figure1692

title1817

titulary1824

Hon.1836

high-up1882

high-ranker1899

1672–3 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 282 There was a gentleman of your robe, a Dignitory of Lincoln.

a1745 J. Swift in Wks. IX. (1941) 58 If there be any dignitaries, who preferments are..not liable to the accusation of the superfluity.

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 12 Princes, bishops, counts, rich dignitaries, abbots.

1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 248 A very high ecclesiastical dignitary.

1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 100 The captain..paid a visit to the governor. This dignitary proved to be an old sailor, by the name of John Young.

1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iv. iv. 523 A curious piece of sculpture..represents..three dignitaries, probably priests.

B. adj.

Of, belonging to, or invested with a dignity (esp. ecclesiastical).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > [adjective] > holding office > holding office of dignity

dignified1668

dignitary1715

dignitorial1817

dignitarial1885

1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 163 The most eminent Dignitary Churchmen.

1733 D. Neal Hist. Puritans II. 148 They complimented the Roman Catholick priests with their dignitary titles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	dignitary
释义	dignitaryn.adj. /ˈdɪɡnɪtəri/ Forms: Also 1600s -ory. Etymology: < Latin dignitās or English dignity n. + -ary suffix¹: compare, for the sense, prebendary, for the form, Latin voluntārius voluntary, < voluntās: so French dignitaire, noun (1752 in Trévoux). A. n. One invested with a dignity; a personage holding high rank or office, esp. ecclesiastical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > holding high office high and mighty1576 scarlet1612 dignitary1672 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [noun] bishopc893 prelate?c1225 prince of priests?c1225 high priestc1400 pontificala1450 emperor clerkc1475 gentleman untrial1486 dignitya1525 Aaron1565 hierarch1574 presul1577 monsignor1579 church governor1588 pontiff1589 archbishop1600 monseigneur1601 monsignor1611 sheikh1613 protomist1619 Mar1622 hyperochality1637 protarch1654 pontifex1655 prelatical1658 dignitary1672 hierophanta1676 Monsig.1698 ecclesiarch1781 arch-pontiff1790 Mgr1848 Msgr.1868 patriarch- society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] > person of proudOE higha1200 estate1399 honourablea1450 statec1449 dignitya1525 high and mighty1576 palasinc1580 titular1605 sublimity1610 dignitary1672 person of condition1673 figure1692 title1817 titulary1824 Hon.1836 high-up1882 high-ranker1899 1672–3 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 282 There was a gentleman of your robe, a Dignitory of Lincoln. a1745 J. Swift in Wks. IX. (1941) 58 If there be any dignitaries, who preferments are..not liable to the accusation of the superfluity. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 12 Princes, bishops, counts, rich dignitaries, abbots. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 248 A very high ecclesiastical dignitary. 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 100 The captain..paid a visit to the governor. This dignitary proved to be an old sailor, by the name of John Young. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iv. iv. 523 A curious piece of sculpture..represents..three dignitaries, probably priests. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or invested with a dignity (esp. ecclesiastical). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [adjective] > holding office > holding office of dignity dignified1668 dignitary1715 dignitorial1817 dignitarial1885 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 163 The most eminent Dignitary Churchmen. 1733 D. Neal Hist. Puritans II. 148 They complimented the Roman Catholick priests with their dignitary titles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.adj.1672
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