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irrepealable, a.|ɪrɪˈpiːləb(ə)l|
[ir-2.]
Incapable of being repealed or annulled; irrevocable.
1633Prynne Histriomastix i. vi. Chorus 568 b, Let us henceforth passe an irrepealable sentence of condemnation against all popular Stage-playes. 1642Sir E. Dering Sp. on Relig. vii. D iv, Let..this inhibitory Statute..stand..irrepealable. 1710Managers' Pro & Con 18 The irrepealable Act of Union. 1876Const. Colorado in Bryce Amer. Commw. (1888) II. App. 628 An ordinance..shall be irrepealable until the indebtedness therein provided for shall have been fully paid.
Hence irrepealaˈbility, irreˈpealableness, the quality of being irrepealable; irreˈpealably adv., in an irrepealable manner.
1653Gauden Hierasp. 120 All degrees of excommunication, and censures are irrepealably transacted by them. 1685R. L'Estrange Observator Defended 3 Written and enacted irrepealably in her Magna Charta. 1802Deb. Congress U.S. 18 Feb. 592 The character of irrepealability was not exclusively attached to this law. 1828Webster, Irrepealability,..Irrepealableness. 1829H. Murray N. Amer. II. iii. iii. 365 Some..political terms, as Gubernatorial Irrepealability. |