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warrantableness

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The character of being warrantable.

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Examples

  • See the warrantableness of our contests for God's people's rights.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • This will not be judged a pernicious doctrine, though some godly men do question the warrantableness of the example.

    Arbitrary Government Described and the Government of the Massachusetts Vindicated from that Aspersion, by John Winthrop 1909

  • Though the papists will have it that he was now dead; and, from Paul's praying for him that he might find mercy, they conclude the warrantableness of praying for the dead; but who told them that

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

  • These things being grievous to those concerned, as we are, though perhaps those at quiet are too little concerned in the matter, therefore when I could no longer forbear, I thought good to present to public view the warrantableness of our holy communion, and the unreasonableness of their seeking to break us to pieces.

    Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658

  • The Logic of Consistency is a necessary auxiliary to the logic of truth, not only because what is inconsistent with itself or with other truths can not be true, but also because truth can only be successfully pursued by drawing inferences from experience, which, if warrantable at all, admit of being generalized, and, to test their warrantableness, require to be exhibited in a generalized form; after which the correctness of their application to particular cases is a question which specially concerns the Logic of Consistency.

    A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839

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