effectualnessn.

1545 Primer Eng. & Lat. (STC 16040) Pref. sig. B.ii^v The pith or effectualnes [L. vim] of the talke.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxx. 557 The effectualnes of his doctrine in the curing of mens soules.

1621 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses & Bk. Psalmes Ex. iv. 7 A thing done in the bosome signifieth secresie and effectualnesse.

1673 E. Stillingfleet Serm. I. i. iv. 66 From the effectualness of it in order to that end, it is the Power of God to Salvation.

1792 J. Owen Death of Death in Death of Christ iv. vi. 276 Moreover, it is uncertain, whether he supposeth those thus convinced, to be converted and brought to the faith, by that conviction and that attending effectualness of grace, or not.

1877 M. Arnold Last Ess. on Church & Relig. 91 Has the advantage of a far greater effectualness than Butler's way.

1958 Times 12 Apr. 7/4 Pathos, then, rather than any urgent faith, is the chief weapon in the armoury of the appealers, and it is one which wears away its effectualness with too constant use.

1998 Columbia Law Rev. 98 792 In the former situation, the statute attacks the independence, finality, and effectualness of an Article III court's decision.