Nobility; magnificence
ETYM Old Eng. dignete, dignite, Old Fren. digneté, dignité, French dignité, from Latin dignitas, from dignus worthy. Related to Dainty, Deign.
1. Formality in bearing and appearance; SYN. lordliness.
2. High office or rank or station.
3. The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; SYN. self-respect, self-esteem, self-regard.
The quality or state of being sublime; sublimity.
1. A state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience; SYN. transcendency.
2. The state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits; SYN. transcendency, superiority.