Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VIS'I-BLE, a. [s as z. Fr. from L. visibilis.]

1. Perceivable by the eye; that can be seen; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper; the fine dust or other matter in air agitated by heat becomes visible; as in the air near a heated stove, or over a dry sandy plain, appearing like pellucid waves. Virtue made visible in outward grace. – Young.
2. Discovered to the eye; as, visible spirits. – Shak.
3. Apparent; open; conspicuous. Factions at court became more visible. – Clarendon. Visible church, in theology, the apparent church of Christ; the whole body of professed believers in Christ, as contra-distinguished from the real or invisible church, consisting of sanctified persons. Visible horizon, the line that bounds the sight.