ACCEPTABILITY • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Acceptability

... the work of a sitting, or had been uttered impromptu; and, unless secured by a friend, they were commonly laid aside never to be recollected. As a clergyman, he retained, during a lengthened incumbency, the respect and affection of his flock, chiefly, it may be remarked, from the acceptability of his private services, and the warmth and kindliness of his dispositions. His pulpit discourses were elegantly composed, and largely impressed with originality and learning; but were somewhat imperfectly pervaded with those clear and evangelical views of Divine truth which are best ...

— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. - The Songs of Scotland of the past half century • Various

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