transportabilityn.
/ˌtrɑːnspɔːtəˈbɪlᵻti/, /ˌtranspɔːtəˈbɪlᵻti/, /trɑːnˌspɔːtəˈbɪlᵻti/, /tranˌspɔːtəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌtræn(t)sˌpɔrdəˈbɪlədi/ Capability of being transported; in early quots. referring to translation of ministers (see transport v. 2a, transportation n. 2a).
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > induction > [noun] > of ordained minister to charge > removal from one charge to another > ability to be moved
transportability1651
the world > movement > transference > [noun] > transmission or passing on > ability to be
communicabilitya1638
transmissibility1828
communicableness1856
transportability1883
transmissiveness1889
society > travel > transport > [noun] > ability to be transported
transportability1901
1651 Reg. Comm. Gen. Assembly 24 Feb. (S.H.S.) III. 538 The motion anent Mr. George his transportabilitie is waved.
a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xi. 344 Mr. Blair supplicated the Presbytery of St Andrews for an act of transportability.
1846 in J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang.
1883 Cent. Mag. July 430/2 The fever's..transportability was fearfully proven.
1901 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 222 The Transvaal war has shown the transportability..of the heaviest artillery... The Boers transported their ‘Long Tom’ as they might have transported a piano.
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