The dignity of this act was worth the audience of kings.
Shak.
3. Elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment; exaltation. Macaulay.
And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this?
Esth. vi. 3.
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, . . . the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.
Gen. xlix. 3.
4. Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of mien, manner, style, etc.
A letter written with singular energy and dignity of thought and language.
Macaulay.