Condignity

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Condignity \Con*dig"ni*ty\, n. [Cf. F. condignit['e].]
     (Scholastic Theol.)
     Merit, acquired by works, which can claim reward on the score
     of general benevolence.
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           Such a worthiness of condignity, and proper merit of
           the heavenly glory, cannot be found in any the best,
           most perfect, and excellent of created beings. --Bp.
                                                    Bull.
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