otium cum dignitate
[ oh-ti-oom koom dig-ni-tah-te; English oh-shee-uhm kuhm dig-ni-tey-tee ]
Latin.
leisure with dignity.
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How to use otium cum dignitate in a sentence
They were rich by work or by inheritance, and they gracefully accepted the otium cum dignitate which this condition permitted.
The Fat of the Land | John Williams StreeterHe enjoys his otium cum dignitate at Certaldo: there he is my castellan, and his chase is unlimited in those domains.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems | Walter Savage LandorThe guard did not die, but surrendered, and retired into an otium cum dignitate.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherThe inhabitants were lying about in front of it, evidently enjoying the otium cum dignitate.
Adventures in Australia | W.H.G. KingstonIf I mistake not much, he will, in the course of a year, enjoy perfect 'otium cum dignitate'.
The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son | The Earl of Chesterfield
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