Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

passibility

American  
[pas-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌpæs əˈbɪl ɪ ti /

noun

  1. the quality of being passible; ability to feel and to suffer.


Other Word Forms

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Now passibility and mortality of body were in Christ.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

And, consequently, we must not say simply that He partook of the effect of His priesthood but with this qualification— in regard to the passibility of the flesh.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Thirdly, in order to show us an example of patience by valiantly bearing up against human passibility and defects.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

With the growing sensitiveness of the social consciousness, the problem of suffering and of sin presses increasingly, and itself almost compels the assertion of the passibility of God.

From Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) by King, Henry Churchill

This belief, firmly held in all that it involves, would have kept them from attributing passibility to the Godhead, and ultimately have neutralised the errors of their Christology.

From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "passibility" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com