worthy

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1. worthy - Noun

2. worthy - Adjective

3. worthy - Verb

4. worthy - Adjective Satellite

5. Worthy - Proper noun

Meaning

Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.

Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.

Of high station; of high social position.

A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies.

To render worthy; to exalt into a hero.

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Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness. Immanuel Kant

If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus show ourselves to be worthy bearers of his name. For the quality of holiness is shown not by what we say but by what we do in life. Gregory of Nyssa

In the spiritual life we can do nothing worthy without repentance, but the Lord has much mercy on us because of our intentions. He who compels himself and holds on to repentance until the end, even if he sins is saved because he compelled himself, for the Lord promised this in the Gospel. Marcus Eremita

The greater your troubles, the greater is your opportunity to show yourself a worthy person. Chinese Proverb

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband. English Proverb

For the want of worthy men they made my father alcade. Spanish Proverb

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