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incorruptness

incorruptness noun: the state of being incorrupt.

Noun

incorruptness (uncountable)

  1. the state of being incorrupt
    • "Equally satisfactory is the evidence for the integrity and incorruptness of the New Testament.1884, L. W. Yaggy, Museum of Antiquity
    • 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...1901, Adolph Harnack, History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
    Synonyms:
    incorruption

Synonyms of incorruptness

Origin of incorruptness

From incorrupt + -ness.

Questions about incorruptness

What does incorruptness mean?
Incorruptness means the state of being incorrupt.
What part of speech is incorruptness?
Incorruptness is a noun.

Words near incorruptness in the dictionary

  1. incorruptibly
  2. incorruption
  3. incorruptions
  4. incorruptive
  5. incorruptly
  6. incorruptness
  7. Incorvaia
  8. Incorvaias
  9. incoterm
  10. incoterms
  11. incounter

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