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dignitary(dictionary)

dignitary (iou)



dignitary noun & adjective. L17.
[from DIGNITY after propriety, proprietary: see -ARY1.]
A. noun. A person holding an official position of some status, esp. in the Church. L17.
E. Heath The Governor's garden party..the military band playing, local dignitaries there to meet us.
b. adjective. Pertaining to or invested with a dignity, esp. an ecclesiastical one. E18.