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.

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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “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.