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meritorious
mer·i·to·ri·ous
 ,
adj.
deserving praise, reward,
esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious
service.
[1375–1425; late ME < L
merit ōrius
on hire. See MERIT,
-TORY1,
-OUS]
—mer  i·to ri·ous·ly,
adv.
—mer i·tori·ous·ness,
n. (Random
House Webster's Unabridged). Look at
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Each year, the city presents a Citizen of the Year award to the
person who local officials feel has done the most meritorious
work on behalf of the community.——
Merriam-Webster
President Kennedy established the Presidential Medal of Freedom by
Executive Order on February 22, 1963. He announced the first
Presidential Medal of Freedom award recipients in 1963, and President
Johnson made the first presentations of the Medal in a ceremony at the
White House on December 6, 1963. The Medal of Freedom is the highest
civilian award bestowed by the United States Government. It is awarded
by the President only to those persons whom he deems to have made
especially meritorious contributions to the security or
national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to
cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. Citizens of
other nations may receive the Medal, and honorees may receive it
posthumously. Recipients are awarded a medal and a citation signed by
the President.
——
The Clinton Legacy
Project;
National
Review; August 9, 2000
A prize of books given annually at Harvard
College, US, to meritorious students. So called from the first
word of the accompanying Latin inscription, “let it be given”. The
prizes are provided from the bequest of the Hon. Edward Hopkins who
died in 1657. 1836: “The deturs have been given out, and I have been
given Akenside’s Poems.”——
Word Watching Answers; Times; March
7, 2003
Nonetheless, we cannot say that the INS's assessment of Plaintiff's asylum
claim — that it probably lacked merit — was arbitrary. To make
a meritorious asylum claim, an asylum applicant must show that he has
a "well-founded fear of persecution" in his native land. See 8 U.S.C.
§ 1101(a)(42). Congress largely has left the task of defining with precision
the phrase "well-founded fear of persecution" to the INS.
—— 'Short Circuited';
National Review; June 23, 2000
Did you know? (Merriam-Webster)
People who demonstrate meritorious behavior certainly "earn" our
respect, and you can use that fact to remember that "meritorious"
ultimately traces to the Latin verb "merere," which means "to earn."
Nowadays, the rewards earned for meritorious acts are likely to be of
an immaterial nature: gratitude, admiration, praise, etc. But
that wasn't always so. The history of "meritorious" recalls a reward
more concrete in nature: money. The Latin word "meritorius," an
ancestor of the English "meritorious," literally means "bringing in
money."
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