illimitable
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪmɪtəbəl/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English il- English limitable English illimitable From il- + limitable.
- Impervious to limitation, without limit.
“For although in that ancient and diffuſed adoration of IdolLs, unto the Prieſts and ſubtiler heads, the vvorſhip perhaps might be ſymbolicall, and as thoſe Images ſome vvay related unto their deities, yet vvas the Idolatry direct and dovvne-right in the people, vvhoſe credulity is illimitable, vvho may be made believe that any thing is God, and may be made believe there is no God at all.”
“The perception of this law of laws awakens in the mind a sentiment which we call the religious sentiment, and which makes our highest happiness. […] This sentiment is divine and deifying. It is the beatitude of man. It makes him illimitable.”