• (n.) Merit, acquired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence.
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Con·dig'ni·ty noun [ Confer French
condignité .]
(Scholastic Theol.) Merit, acquired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence. « Such a worthiness of
condignity , and proper merit of the heavenly glory, cannot be found in any the best, most perfe...
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A characteristic of merit which implies equality and proportionality between service rendered and its recompense, to which there is a claim on the ground of justice. Merit of this description is called condign merit, or meritum de condigno. -- J.J.R.
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merit earned through good works while in a state of grace, and having a just claim on such rewards as heavenly glory. Cf. congruity (def. 4).
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