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eligibility|ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next; see -ity.]
1. Fitness to be chosen or preferred.
1650Jer. Taylor Holy Dying vi. iii. (T.) Sickness hath some degrees of eligibility, at least by an after-choice. 1688Norris Theory Love i. v. 57 Evill..must in order to eligibility be considered under the formality of good.
2. The condition of being eligible to an office.
1715Lond. Gaz. No. 5387/1 The Imperial Ambassador solicited the Pope for a Brief of Eligibility to the Church of Munster. 1771Burke Sp. Middx. Election Wks. X. 69 The eligibility of persons to serve in Parliament. 1815Hist. Univ. Cambridge I. 130 The eligibility to which [fellowships] is not subject to any..limitations. 1844Ld. Brougham Brit. Const. vii. (1862) 95 Without any restriction whatever upon eligibility, except the period of infancy.
3. concr. in pl. Eligible courses of action; also, qualities that render (a man) eligible.
1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. iv. i. §1 II. 440 [God] hath set before us eligibilities in order to several ends which must either be wholly to no purpose, or..to evil purpose, or else..to a very good purpose. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. II. vii. i. 237 These are his eligibilities, recommending him at Berlin. |