thankworthy
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of thankworthy
First recorded in 1350–1400; thank + -worthy ( def. )
Example Sentences
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And St. Peter says: “This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief.”
From True Christianity by Johann Arndt
Now, wherein we want desert, were a thankworthy labour to express.
From A Defence of Poesie and Poems by Sir Philip Sidney
For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
From Elsie Dinsmore by Martha Finley
And to me, indeed, the services of Caius Caesar have always appeared the more thankworthy, in proportion as they were less to have been expected from a man of his age.
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
For this is thankworthy, when any one, for conscience toward God, endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
From The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained by E. H. (Ezra Hall) Gillett
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