passible
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adjective
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Etymology
Origin of passible
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word passibilis. See passion, -ible
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Ms. Sherman held out hope that it was passible to make “genuine progress through diplomacy.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2022
Probably it is not passible to love two people in the same way, but there are different kinds of low.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
They suggest a passible God; they degrade the infinite to the level of the finite.
From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce
Therefore Christ's Passion belongs to the suppositum of the Divine Nature by reason of the passible nature assumed, but not on account of the impassible Divine Nature.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
Objection 1: It would seem that the soul of Christ was not passible.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
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