impassibility

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It’s no longer in use; grass and dirt cover much of its surface, and the road at its far end is overgrown to the point of impassibility.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2018

What is this impassibility but freedom from the vices and passions, purity of heart, the adornment of virtue?

From On Union with God by Berthier, P. J.

Christians who came daily and hourly into contact with polytheistic beliefs and practices had to be very jealous for the concept of impassibility.

From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)

The priest, tall, pale, and severe, stood in the shadow of the bed-curtains, an impressive and solemn figure in his dark, flowing robes, but with the impassibility of his features curiously disturbed.

From A Monk of Cruta by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

"To see what you prefer to all you could have!" he said; but he said it impersonally, bowing his thanks, resolved to school himself to impassibility and patience.

From The Salamander by Johnson, Owen