Worthies

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

  Worthy \Wor"thy\, n.; pl. {Worthies}.
     A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful
     and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; --
     much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church;
     political worthies; military worthies.
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           The blood of ancient worthies in his veins. --Cowper.
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