A task or duty laid upon one; commission, trust, responsibility; an office entrusted to one.

The quality of being instant. Instancy, earnestness.

Personal consequence or standing; (high) rank or position.

In various figurative applications. ‘Value derived from suffrage or attestation; authority, currency’ (Johnson).

The full value, effect, significance, or importance of something. Obsolete.

Importance manifested by appearance or demeanour; dignity. Also transferred of things. Obsolete.

The quality of being monumental, or grandly imposing; an instance of this. Also occasionally concrete: a monumental sculpture, etc.

In general use. Without construction: pertinence to current or important issues, interests, needs, etc.; appositeness.