Alaric, after this service to the Emperor, was rewarded by further military dignities in the Roman military hierarchy.
In the laws of the Empire then, in its dignities and honors, in the whole of its official life, the Palatium means the machine of government, local or imperial.
This personage was always a knight, and had generally held one of the higherdignities of the order.
The civil and ecclesiastical dignities were united in the person of Mohammed.
He could not nominate to any of the higher dignities of the order; but he might, with the advice and consent of some of the most reputable knights, appoint to the inferior priories and preceptories.
There would probably be some disputing between the superiors about the appointment to the dignities in the new order.
The dignities of the cathedral are given as follows:-- The deanery with a prebend, L53 6s.
He will pave your way to the highest dignities of the Church, and you may imagine my consolation if, in some twenty or thirty years, I had the happiness of seeing you a bishop, at least!
The count received me with an easy and cordiale manner, which seemed to say that he renounced all the dignities of his rank.
His traffic in Church dignities was carried on upon a grand scale: twelve Cardinals' hats, for example, were put to auction in a single day in 1500.
With the notable exception of Giuliano della Rovere,[3] these young men had no claim to distinction beyond good looks and a certain martial spirit which ill suited with the ecclesiastical dignities thrust upon some of them.
It must be remarked that all the dignities of the Greek church are reserved for the monastic or regular clergy, whilst the secular (who cannot take orders without being married) do not rise above the station of a parish priest.
The counts themselves, who had formerly held office at the sovereign's pleasure, gradually made their dignities into hereditary fiefs, which became family property in wealthy and powerful houses.
Promoted by Arnulf to the Abbey of St. Gall in 890, and shortly afterwards to the see of Constance, he thus combined the dignities of the two rival institutions.
To curb their power the sovereign abolished the dignities of the mighty dukes, and parcelled out the land into smaller shires (than the old county divisions), and placed over these counts as royal governors with judicial power.
During the summer of 1689 several high ecclesiastical dignities became vacant, and were bestowed on divines who were sitting in the Jerusalem Chamber.
He had in the late reign given up wealth and dignities when he found that he could not retain them with honour and with a good conscience.
O ye who are living on the earth, when ye pass this way, if life be dear to you and death be repulsive, if ye desire that your dignities pass to your descendants, repeat this prayer for the heaven- dweller who is placed here.
But it must be acknowledged that Ramses in speaking of the future dignities of Herhor had not thought in the least of marrying his daughter, but of giving him new offices, of which there was a multitude at the court and in the temples.
Suleiman commended his modesty, but meaning to advance him to the chief dignities of the empire, he swore that Ibrahim should not be put to death as long as he reigned, no matter what other changes might be made in the court.
For as every conquered province created successively a new government, these new dignities immediately became new objects of avarice and ambition.
But he measured his claims by his nearness to the king; he compared these inferior dignities with the state and power usurped by his brother, and his arrogant spirit disdained as a meanness the thought of resting satisfied or appeased.
I forget," answered Mr. Avenel, who was far too well versed in the London scale of human dignities since his marriage, not to look back with a blush at his desire of knighthood.
Indeed, Colonel Pompley himself would have been crushed under the weight of the dignities which his lady heaped upon him, if he had not been enabled to prop his position with a "connection" of his own.
The combination, to an Englishman, was more flattering than /Professor/, for the English always esteem political dignities far more than the dignities of learning.
His dignities and estates were confiscated and distributed among his enemies.
These gentlemen received their new dignities in the Chapel Royal, but were not entertained in one of the apartments spread with Persian carpets.
He remained, however, a close prisoner throughout the reign of Edward VI, but at the accession of Queen Mary he was liberated and all his dignities restored.
She was not without enjoyment in this occasion of going to Brackenshaw Castle with her new dignitiesupon her, as men whose affairs are sadly involved will enjoy dining out among persons likely to be under a pleasant mistake about them.
As for our Blessed Father, he only valued the Honours and dignities of the Church and of the world in proportion as they afford means for serving God and advancing His glory.
It is true that honours and dignities are but trifles; yet to despise and refuse them is not a trifling thing.
Blessed Francis who, in his own opinion, had already risen too high in the hierarchy of the Church, turned his thoughts rather to giving up his dignities than to seeking promotion.
If marriage was permitted to the ecclesiastic, what was to prevent him from handing down, as an hereditary possession, the wealth and dignities he had obtained.
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