† competiblenessn.
Obsolete.
The quality of being competible; propriety, fitness.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > fittingness or propriety
righteousnessOE
duea1425
properness1531
decency1567
dueness1576
decorum1586
fitness1597
orthotes1605
propriety1612
befittingnessa1645
beseemlinessa1645
fittingness1653
becomeness1656
beseemingness1656
becomingness1657
condecency1662
competibleness1667
decence1678
1667 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) i. xxx. 68 The competibleness of such Properties as they must be forced to give to Matter who deny there is any such thing as a Spirit.
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