inamissibleadj.
/ɪnəˈmɪsɪb(ə)l/ Now rare.
Not liable to be lost.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > retaining > [adjective] > able to be retained > not able to be lost
inamissible1649
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. xv. 38 As this is irremediable and irrecoverable, so is the other inamissible.
1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis viii. 87 Had we been so fixt in an inamissible happiness.
1772 J. W. Fletcher Logica Genevensis vii. 95 How can you infer, that the life of faith is inamissible?
1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) vi. 140 The Scriptures..declare..that virtue will be inamissible in heaven.
1886 W. Stuart & J. Macpherson tr. J. H. A. Ebrard Apologetics I. §123. 287 With man..it is a monad cognizant of itself in inamissible identity with itself.
Derivatives
inamissiˈbility n.
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the mind > possession > retaining > [noun] > inability to be lost
inamissibleness1727
inamissibility1742
1742 tr. J. B. Bossuet Hist. Variations Protestant Churches (1829) I. 357 The dogma called inamissability of justice.
a1861 W. Cunningham Hist. Theol. (1864) II. xxi. 89 The perseverance of the Saints..Romish divines usually call the inamissibility of justice or righteousness.
inaˈmissibleness n. the quality of being inamissible.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > retaining > [noun] > inability to be lost
inamissibleness1727
inamissibility1742
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Inamissibleness, uncapableness of being lost.
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