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indispensaˈbility
[f. next + -ity.]
The quality or fact of being indispensable.
1. Incapability of dispensation. (See indispensable, 1, 2.)
a1648Ld. Herbert Henry VIII (1683) 401 The indispensability of the first Marriage. 1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. iii. rule 11 §1 The indispensability of the natural laws, which are the main constituent parts of the evangelical.
2. Incapability of being dispensed with or done without. (See indispensable 3.)
1793Holcroft Lavater's Physiog. vi. 41 Of all earth's creatures, man alone rejoices in his indispensability. 1827Hallam Const. Hist. (1876) I. vii. 395 Preaching the divine right, as it is called, or absolute indispensability, of episcopacy. 1861Mill Utilit. v. 81 Recognised indispensability becomes a moral necessity, analogous to physical. |