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 Digit.Dignus Vin’dice No’dus (Latin). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Dignitary (A).
 
A clergyman who holds preferment to which jurisdiction is annexed, as bishops, deans, archdeacons, canons, etc.   1
 


 Digit.Dignus Vin’dice No’dus (Latin). 

 
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