meritious en · ADJ
Etymology
From merit + -ious.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having merit.
Yet God forbid, we should with Ribera attribute this reward, to any meritorious worke: seeing a far other meritious cause thereof is noted unto us ver. 14. & 17.
1644, Elias Arnold, translation of David Pareus, A Commentary Upon the Divine Revelation of the Apostle and Evangelist John, p. 146