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单词 ordinability
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ordinabilityn.

Forms: 1600s ordinabilitie, 1700s ordinability.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ordinable adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < ordinable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. Compare post-classical Latin ordinabilitas (9th cent.; from c1283 in British sources).
Obsolete.
The quality of being ordinable; capability of being ordained or directed to an end or purpose.
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ordinability1677
usability1842
usableness1868
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV 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.
a1710 G. Bull Serm. (1713) I. 367 Our Obedience to God ought to be such, as that it may have..an Ordinability, (as a great Doctor of our Church expresseth it)..i.e., a Meetness, Fitness, and due Disposition toward the obtaining of it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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