a. Obs. Also -able. [f. L. circumscrīpt- ppl. stem of circumscrībĕre: see -BLE, -IBLE.] = CIRCUMSCRIBABLE; subject to limits of space.
1550. Bale, Apol., 89. God is a sprete, how can ye than proue him circumscriptyble or locall?
1581. W. Fulke, in Confer., II. (1584), N ij b. Onely bodies are circumscriptible.
1634. Jackson, Creed, VII. xxv. Wks. VII. 221. Any … day or time circumscriptible by remarkable circumstances or notable historical events.
1653. E. Chisenhale, Cath. Hist., 212. The Council of Nice declared Angels to be circumscriptible.
