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▪ I. impartibility1|ɪmpɑːtɪˈbɪlɪtɪ| [f. impartible1: see -ity.] The quality or condition of being impartible or not subject to partition.
1656Jeanes Fuln. Christ 129 The impartibility, or indivisibility of the Godhead. 1750Carte Hist. Eng. II. 225 The elder sister and her issue should be preferred..as well on account of her primogeniture, as the impartibility of the Kingdom. 1764–7Lyttelton Hen. II, III. 121 (Seager) The impartibility of them [military fiefs] is ascribed by some writers to a constitution made by the emperor Frederick Barbarossa. 1788T. Taylor Proclus I. 117 Those forms which, on account of their simplicity and impartibility, hold a superior rank among principles. ▪ II. impartibility2 rare—0. [f. impartible2: see -ity.] Capability of being imparted; communicability.
1828Webster, Impartibility... 2. The quality of being capable of being communicated. [Hence in later Dicts.] |