dignyte

• dignete, dignite, dignitee, dignytee, dingnete, dingnytee, dyngnete, dygnyte, dyngnyte

Borrowed from Old French dignite, from Latin dignitās, dignitātem; equivalent to digne +‎ -ite. Doublet of deynte and deynteth.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi(n)ɡniteː/

dignyte

1. Worth; value or excellence.
2. High regard; great honour.
3. High rank, title, or position.
4. A privilege, right, or prerogative.
5. (astrology) The heightened influence of a planet.
6. (rare) That which provides worth or honour.
7. (rare) A dignitary; one of high rank.

• English: dignity

• “dignitẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Dictionary”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 356, column 2.