conciliable

English

Etymology 1

From Latin conciliō + -ābilis.

Adjective

conciliable (comparative more conciliable, superlative most conciliable)

1. Capable of being conciliated or reconciled.
   • 1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), John Milton, Tetrachordon: Expositions upon the Foure Chief Places in Scripture, which Treat of Mariage, or Nullities in Mariage. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC, pages 62–63:

     Nor doth hee put avvay adulterouſly vvho complaines of cauſes rooted in immutable nature, utter unfitneſſe, utter diſconformity, not concileable, becauſe not to be amended vvithout a miracle.

Derived terms

• unconciliable

 

Etymology 2

From Latin conciliābulum.

Alternative forms

• conciliabule

Noun

conciliable (plural conciliables)

1. A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature.
   • 1641, Francis Bacon, A Wise and Moderate Discourse, Concerning Church-Affaires:

     some have sought the truth in the conventicles and conciliables of Heretickes and Sedaries

References

• “conciliable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

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Adjective

conciliable (plural conciliables)

1. conciliable

Further reading

• “conciliable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.