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irremissible, a.|ɪrɪˈmɪsɪb(ə)l|
Also 6 inre-, 7–9 erron. irremissable.
[a. F. irrémissible (1234 in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. irremissibil-is, f. ir- (ir-2) + remissibilis remissible.]
Not remissible; for or of which there is no remission. a. That cannot be forgiven; unpardonable.
1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) ii. li. (1859) 54 He is entatched with synne irremyssyble. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) ii. v. 103 These .vi. maner of synnes beforesayd be sayd inremyssyble. 1543Becon New Year's Gift in Early Wks. (Parker Soc.) 330 Only the sin against the Holy Ghost..is irremissible and never forgiven. a1656Hales Tracts (1677) 21 Many would conclude there is a sin for which we may not pray; first, because it is irremissable. a1797H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II (1847) III. i. 19 Those, who, two years ago, lay under the irremissible crime of being Tories. 1831–3E. Burton Eccl. Hist. xix. (1845) 406 The heavier and more atrocious sins, such as apostasy, murder, and adultery, were considered..to be irremissible.
b. That cannot be remitted as an obligation or duty; unalterably obligatory or binding.
1631R. Byfield Doctr. Sabb. 32 Sanctification..indispensable, irremissable to any man. 1728Morgan Algiers II. iv. 286 The kings of Tunis shall pay to the kings of Spain an irremissible annual Tribute of six Horses and twelve Falcons. 1838New Monthly Mag. LIV. 167 The Mufti reminded the young prince of this irremissible ceremony, which the Dey himself never presumed to violate. 1892Contemp. Rev. Aug. 204 Their irremissible duties to their own countrymen.
Hence irremissiˈbility, irreˈmissibleness, the quality or condition of being irremissible; unpardonableness.
1612–15Bp. Hall Contempl., N.T. iii. iii, That dreadful sentence of the irremissiblenesse of that sinne unto death. 1710Brit. Apollo II. Quarterly No. 2. 8/2 The Irremissibleness of Sins after Baptism. 1847Ld. Lindsay Chr. Art I. 30 The frequent practice of postponing baptism to manhood, from belief in the plenary remission of sins at baptism, and the quasi irremissibility of sin after it. 1895H. C. G. Moule Veni Creator 21 Some further light is thrown on this irremissibility by the fact that the Gospel is seen in Scripture as the final message of divine mercy. |