Crossword clues for meritoriousness
meritoriousness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Meritoriousness
Meritorious \Mer`i*to"ri*ous\, a. [L. meritorius that brings in money.] Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable.
And meritorious shall that hand be called,
Canonized, and worshiped as a saint.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
meritoriousness
n. The property of being meritorious.
WordNet
meritoriousness
n. the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded" [syn: deservingness, merit]
Usage examples of "meritoriousness".
He commanded the Bramins to deliver every day to the troops discourses on the meritoriousness of slaughtering the mahummedans, in order to excite zeal for expelling them.