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ordinability

ordinability noun: capability of being ordained or appointed.

Noun

ordinability (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Capability of being ordained or appointed.
    • a. 1710, Bishop George Bull, sermon
      Our obedience to God ought to be such, as that it may have, tho' not a merit of condignity to deserve everlasting bliss, (that being, as I have shewn you, utterly impossible) yet an ordinability, as a great doctor of our church expresseth it, that is, a meetness...

Questions about ordinability

What does ordinability mean?
Ordinability means capability of being ordained or appointed.
What part of speech is ordinability?
Ordinability is a noun.

Words near ordinability in the dictionary

  1. ordes
  2. Ordian
  3. Ordibehesht
  4. ordie
  5. ordies
  6. ordinability
  7. ordinable
  8. ordinaire
  9. ordinaires
  10. ordinal
  11. ordinal adjective

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