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Meaning of ordinability | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Capability of being ordained or appointed.

obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“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, fitness, and due disposition toward the obtaining it.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

ordinaire ordinal ordinal adjective ordinal date ordinal direction ordinal indicator

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