incircumscriptible
incircumscriptible adjective: capable of being uncircumscribed or limitless; illimitable.
Adjective
incircumscriptible (comparative more incircumscriptible, superlative most incircumscriptible)
- Capable of being uncircumscribed or limitless; illimitable.
- Against whom St. John Chrysostom writeth thus:
“ When thou speakest of God, thou must consider a thing, that in nature is single, without composition, without conversion, that is invisible, immortal, incircumscriptible, incomprehensible, with such-like. […]”1809, Legh Richmond, The Fathers of the English Church: Or, A Selection from the Writings of the Reformers and Early Protestant Divines of the Church of England, John Hatchard, page 377 - He took flesh; and doth not also think, after the doctrine of true divinity, the same divine nature, after the assumpting of flesh, to remain notwithstanding incircumscriptible ; let him be holden as accursed.1846, James Calfhill, edited by Richard Gibbings, An Answer to John Martiall's Treatise of the Cross, Cambridge University Press, page 153
- Against whom St. John Chrysostom writeth thus:
Forms of incircumscriptible
| comparative | more incircumscriptible |
|---|---|
| superlative | most incircumscriptible |
Origin of incircumscriptible
From in- + circumscriptible.
Questions about incircumscriptible
- What does incircumscriptible mean?
- Incircumscriptible means capable of being uncircumscribed or limitless; illimitable.
- What part of speech is incircumscriptible?
- Incircumscriptible is an adjective.
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