as in pillar
a person who has a high rank or an important position
The dinner was attended by many foreign dignitaries. dignitaries of the church
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Recent Examples of dignitary
The April 26 service was held outside in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, and many of the prince's fellow dignitaries donned shades on the sunny day.
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Meredith Kile, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Many dignitaries attended Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday, April 26, but not Kate Middleton.
—Blanche Marcel, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2025
Khun Top regularly entertains dignitaries from Thailand at home games.
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Officials had estimated 200,000 people would attend, including dozens of world leaders and dignitaries.
—Susan Miller, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
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Meredith Kile, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Many dignitaries attended Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday, April 26, but not Kate Middleton.
—Blanche Marcel, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2025
Khun Top regularly entertains dignitaries from Thailand at home games.
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Officials had estimated 200,000 people would attend, including dozens of world leaders and dignitaries.
—Susan Miller, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dignitary
Noun
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Each prompt targets one of her four pillars of healthy workplace relationships—trust, belonging, recognition, and collective resilience—and it’s designed to be played at an off-site meeting, while onboarding a new employee, during a one-on-one check-in, or at an after-work happy hour.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
20 May 2025
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These unbreakable pillars create the framework everything else fits around.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
17 May 2025
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All of the biggest celebrity stories, in your inbox every day: Sign up for the entertainment newsletter.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Yes, there were disputes over Confederate monuments and America’s sins versus America’s promise, but there was also a palpable impatience with history, as if people were afraid of its power to bog you down.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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The remote Galápagos Islands of the Pacific, about 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, have no historic monuments, only a handful of human settlements and the barest smattering of amenities such as restaurants and shops.—
Robin Catalano,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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On the other end of the spectrum, wellness culture is crowded with personalities and products claiming to have the answers.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Obviously, there was a stellar cast with big personalities.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
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The adaptation of Richard Osman’s novel stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie as friends at a retirement home who solve cold cases for funsies.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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Deadline confirmed from sources close to the star that the man standing on the roof was indeed Cruise.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
12 May 2025
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The Texas Department of Public Safety runs the database but local law enforcement agencies are responsible for entering the names.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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Cal Fire Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Main Fire Main Fire initially started 7:08 p.m. May 16 in Merced County.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
17 May 2025
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Jacobs-Jenkins cannot help noting that among that generation of Bible-quoting civil rights worthies are enough sins of the father to burden a host of sons.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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Martin Luther King, Senator J. William Fulbright, and California Gov. Pat Brown all said so and who would know better than these worthies?—
Walter E Block,
Orange County Register,
13 Feb. 2025
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The film follows Juan Debré (Peretti), an actor who’s spent a lifetime playing the hero in a TV series while remaining detached from his own identity.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
12 May 2025
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Harvard’s heroes in this fight are President Reagan, Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, and Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.—
Marie Sapirie,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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“Dignitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dignitary. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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