circumscriptiveadj.
/səːkəmˈskrɪptɪv/ ? Obsolete.
1. Pertaining to, or having the attribute of, ‘circumscription’ (sense 2) or limitation in space.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [adjective] > having boundary
terminatea1500
circumscriptible?1550
circumscript1564
circumscriptive1564
boundedc1600
limitatec1600
disterminate?1615
circumscribed1739
space-bound1934
society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > eucharistic doctrines > presence of Christ in communion > [adjective] > limited in space
circumscriptive1564
1564 T. Harding Answere to Iuelles Chalenge v. f. 104 We acknowledge and confesse, that it [sc. Christ's presence in the Sacrament] is not locall, circumscriptiue,..or naturall.
1654 J. Ellistone & J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum xliii. 299 Is he then Circumscriptive?
1657 T. Hobbes Στιγμαι in Wks. (1845) VII. 385 Definitive or circumscriptive, and some other of your distinctions..are but snares.
1691 E. Taylor J. Behmen's Theosophick Philos. xxii. 36 That flesh (though now glorified) remains a Circumscriptive Creature.
2. Pertaining to the ‘circumscription’ (sense 3) or outline.
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the world > space > shape > [adjective] > having a definite outline > relating to outline
circumscriptive1681
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. §1. v. 294 Stones Regular, [are distinguished] by their external Forms...Such as is Circumscriptive, or depending upon the whole Stone, as..in the Eagle-Stone..is properly call'd the Figure.
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