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condignity

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con⋅dig⋅ni⋅ty

  [kuhn-dig-ni-tee]
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–noun Scholasticism.
merit earned through good works while in a state of grace, and having a just claim on such rewards as heavenly glory. Compare congruity (def. 4).
Origin:
1545–55; < ML condignitās; see condign, -ity
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