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English
Etymology
From un- + frangible.
Pronunciation
Adjective
unfrangible (comparative more unfrangible, superlative most unfrangible)
- Obsolete form of infrangible.
1653 (indicated as 1654), Jeremy Taylor, “The Real Presence and Spiritual of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, Proved against the Doctrine of Transubstantiation. Section XI. The Doctrine of Transubstantiation is Wholly Without, and against, Reason.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. , volume X, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. ; and Richard Priestley, , published 1822, →OCLC, paragraph 5, page 21:[W]e say it is unreasonable, that this [the bread or host of the Eucharist] should be changed into flesh, […] into that body of Christ, which is in heaven; he remaining there, and being whole and impassible, and unfrangible, this, we say, is unreasonable and impossible: […]
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