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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete) Alternative form of definitive (“final, conclusive, decisive”)..
The Apostle implies in Christs comming, that Christ is now absent from us, that is, in respect of his body, hee is not present in earth, neither circumscriptive, nor diffinitive, nor repletive: for then he could not come to us, if hee were with us already.
That a Bishop being accused shall choose his own Iudges; and that no diffinitive sentence shall be denounced against a Bishop; untill the time that his cause were heard of the Patriarch of Rome[…]
3. That if any shall finde themselves aggrieved by any final and diffinitive judgement, that shall be given upon the whole matter[…]they may have liberty to appeal to the Lord Protector in the High Court of Chancery[…]
Use diffinitive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Diffinitive means (obsolete) Alternative form of definitive (“final, conclusive, decisive”)..
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The Apostle implies in Christs comming, that Christ is now absent from us, that is, in respect of his body, hee is not present in earth, neither circumscriptive, nor diffinitive, nor repletive: for then he could not come to us, if hee were with us already.
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