dissoluble

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But no one found the words thoughtless or untrue, for Beth still seemed among them, a peaceful presence, invisible, but dearer than ever, since death could not break the household league that love made dissoluble.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Confarreatio was only dissoluble by diffarreatio, but this was perhaps used only for penal purposes.

From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by Fowler, W. Warde

On the other hand the golden mean between an easily dissoluble relationship, more like an alliance than a federation, and a national system resulting from synoecism was practically never attained in early Greek history.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

The Greek Church holds that marriage is dissoluble in case of adultery, but not till a probationary period has elapsed during which a bishop or priest mediates with a view to reconciliation.

From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe

Awhile, because you are gifted with agility and strength, you fancy that you live: but frail is the "bower of flesh" that encaskets life; dissoluble the silver cord than binds you to it.

From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft