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incircumscription

incircumscription noun: the quality of being incircumscriptible, or limitless.

Noun

incircumscription (uncountable)

  1. (nonce-word, rare) The quality of being incircumscriptible, or limitless.
    • his Mercy hath all its operations upon man , and returns to its own centre and incircumscription and infinity, unless it issues forth upon us1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC
    • […] is conclusively shown by our author in his criticism of the Cur Deus Homo to be at variance with the incircumscription of the Divine Nature […]1863, The Union Review: A Magazine of Catholic Literature and Art, page 440

Origin of incircumscription

From in- + circumscription.

Questions about incircumscription

What does incircumscription mean?
Incircumscription means the quality of being incircumscriptible, or limitless.
What part of speech is incircumscription?
Incircumscription is a noun.

Words near incircumscription in the dictionary

  1. incircle
  2. incircled
  3. incircles
  4. incircling
  5. incircumscriptible
  6. incircumscription
  7. incircumspect
  8. incircumspection
  9. incircumspectly
  10. incirrate
  11. incirrates

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