As though nothing had happened, David continues in the house of Saul, and Saul confers on him still greater honours and Dignities.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker
Whereas, if she should marry an English gentleman, all would be well with her; she would then in any case make her home in England, and when she should inherit the Earldom of Enderby she could enter upon her new Dignities without any disturbance of her domestic or social life.
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
Probably in obscure country towns, remote from the seat of Empire, these bourgeois Dignities were even more valued.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill