| In 1623 Ferdinand transferred Frederick's electoral dignities to Maximilian I, duke of Bavaria. |
| Honours and dignities are transient, beauty and riches frail and fugacious, to a proverb. |
| Either of these dignities was often conferred by way of compliment on the emperor, who usually discharged its duties by deputy. |
| It angers me that the powers-that-be can suddenly find the money to spend on cleaning up places when dignities come to call. |
| This is the sort of person who steps up to the plate when offices and dignities are being passed around. |
| But they were connected also with the special rights of Hungarian kings concerning the distribution of ecclesiastical dignities in their country. |
