"ordinability" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ordinability (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete) Capability of being ordained or appointed. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ordinability-en-noun-RLTgYiZX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "a. 1710, Bishop George Bull, sermon\nOur obedience to God ought to be such, as that it may have, tho' not a merit of condignity to deserve everlasting bliss, (that being, as I have shewn you, utterly impossible) yet an ordinability, as a great doctor of our church expresseth it, that is, a meetness, fitness, and due disposition toward the obtaining it."
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        "(obsolete) Capability of being ordained or appointed."
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