impedition

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin impeditio.

Noun

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impedition (plural impeditions)

  1. (obsolete) That which impedes; a hindrance.
    • 1675, Richard Baxter, “[The First Book.] The First Part: []. Section XVI. Of the Order of the Decrees Called Reprobation. And of Election and Reprobation in Themselves.”, in Richard Baxter’s Catholick Theologie: [], London: [] Robert White, for Nevill Simmons [], →OCLC, paragraph 490, page 72:
      VVhen God poſitively vvilleth the Poſitive hindering of a thing, he may morally be ſaid to Nill the thing, or to vill that it ſhall not be. That there are Poſitive Impeditions of God (by Dr. [William] Twisses leave) I have elſevvhere proved: []