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Dignitary

Dignitary [fr. dignus, Lat., worthy], a clergyman advanced to be a

A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies esp

One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor especially one who holds an ecclesiastical rank...

or a bishop having authority over the lower clergy a dignitary of the church

Archbishop of, the Primate of All England: the Chief Ecclesiastical Dignitary in the Church; his customary privilege is to crown the

[fr. decanus, Lat.; deka, Gk., ten], an ecclesiastical governor or dignitary, so called as he is supposed to have originally presided

anciently given to the pope and later to other church dignitaries and to some monastic orders See Don and Dan

A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries priests and others among the ancient Romans It was generally

head worn on solemn occasions by bishops and other church dignitaries It has been made in many forms the present form

with a small hood worn by the pope and other dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church