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incorruptness en · NOUN

Etymology

From incorrupt + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) the state of being incorrupt
    • To make their proof more precise Tertullian and Irenaeus therefore asserted that the Churches guaranteed the incorruptness of the apostolic inheritance, inasmuch as they could point to a chain of "elders," or, in other words, an "ordo episcoporum per successionem ab initio decurrens," which was a pledge that nothing false had been mixed up with it. 1901, Adolph Harnack, History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7):
    • "Equally satisfactory is the evidence for the integrity and incorruptness of the New Testament. 1884, L. W. Yaggy, Museum of Antiquity:

Synonyms

incorruption