| 释义 |
† ordinaˈbility Obs.
[f. next: see -ity.]
The quality of being ordinable; capability of being ordained or directed to an end or purpose.
1677Gale Crt. Gentiles iv. 484 That God is the prime efficient cause of the material entitative act of sin, may be demonstrated..from the ordinabilitie of al evil to some good. a1710G. Bull Serm. ix. Wks. 1827 I. 222 Our obedience to God ought to be such, as that it may have, though not a merit of condignity to deserve everlasting bliss..yet an ordinability (as a great doctor of our church expresseth it)..that is, a meetness, fitness, and due disposition toward the obtaining of it. |