† dispensibleadj.
Obsolete.
= dispensable adj. 1, 2.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > law > canon law > [adjective] > capable of being dispensed with
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1661 Petit. for Peace 5 Things dispensible, and..unnecessary.
1688 E. Herbert Short Acct. Authorities Law 22 If any Penal Laws were..less Dispensible than others.
1689 W. Atwood Ld. Chief Justice Herbert's Acct. Examined 51 He makes all things not forbid by God's Law to be dispensible by the King.
1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. viii. 275 Every rule is dispensible, and must give way when it defeats the end for which it was appointed.
Derivatives
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society > faith > aspects of faith > law > canon law > [adverb] > capable of being dispensed with
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1711 J. Humfrey Peace in Divinity 15 There is a keeping them [the Commandments] perfectly and indispensably, which is the Condition of the Law; and a keeping them sincerely and dispensibly, with the Relaxation of that Severity, thro' Faith in Christ, which is the Condition of the Gospel.
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