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Dignitary

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Dignitary [fr. dignus, Lat., worthy], a clergyman advanced to be a bishop, dean, archdeacon, prebendary, etc. But there are prebendaries without cure or jurisdiction, who are not dignitaries, 3 Inst. 155.

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