ignominy

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In this passage for the first time appears that note of suffering and ignominy which is the lot of the true servant of Jehovah.

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  1. noun Great personal dishonor or humiliation.
  2. noun Shameful or disgraceful action, conduct, or character.

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obloquy ·  infamy ·  dishonour ·  humiliation ·  disgrace ·  indignity ·  dishonor ·  opprobrium ·  wretchedness ·  ostracism ·  reproach ·  odium
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  1. French ignominie, from Old French, from Latin ignōminia : i-, in-, not; see in-1 + nōmen, gnōmen, name (influenced by gnōscere, to know); see nŏ̄-men- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also contr. ignomy, q. v.; from French ignominie = Spanish Portuguese Italian ignominia, from Latin ignominia, disgrace, dishonor, ignominy, from in- privative + *gnomen, nomen(-in-), name, fame, renown: see nomen, nominal.
 

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/ˈɪgnəmɪni/
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