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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONDIGNITY

n.Merit; desert. In school divinity, the merit of human actions which claims reward, on the score of justice.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONDIGNITY

Con *dig "ni *ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. condignité.] (Scholastic Theol.)

 

Defn: Merit, acguired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence. 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.