conciliable
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin conciliō + -ābilis.
Adjective
editconciliable (comparative more conciliable, superlative most conciliable)
- Capable of being conciliated or reconciled.
- 1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), John Milton, Tetrachordon: Expositions upon the Foure Chief Places in Scripture, which Treat of Mariage, or Nullities in Mariage. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC, pages 62–63:
- Nor doth hee put avvay adulterouſly vvho complaines of cauſes rooted in immutable nature, utter unfitneſſe, utter diſconformity, not concileable, becauſe not to be amended vvithout a miracle.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Latin conciliābulum.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editconciliable (plural conciliables)
- A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature.
- 1641, Francis Bacon, A Wise and Moderate Discourse, Concerning Church-Affaires:
- some have sought the truth in the conventicles and conciliables of Heretickes and Sedaries
References
edit- “conciliable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
editPronunciation
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Adjective
editconciliable (plural conciliables)
Further reading
edit- “conciliable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.