meriter

/ˈmɛɹɪtə/

Etymology

From merit + -er.

noun

  1. Someone or something that merits.“Not that it is not wrought as well by the other persons, beeing a worke without themselues: for the Father reneweth as beeing the foundation and fountaine not of the Deitie alone, but of all diuine actions and good things whatsoeuer: and the Son reneweth as the Mediator and meriter of it.”