condignity

English

Etymology

condign +‎ -ity

Noun

condignity (countable and uncountable, plural condignities)

  1. The condition of being condign; merit or worthiness
    • a. 1710, George Bull, The Worthiness of the Partakers of future Glory (sermon)
      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.
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