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iniquitie

iniquitie is the obsolete spelling of iniquity.

Meaning of iniquity

Noun

iniquity (countable and uncountable, plural iniquities)

  1. (uncountable) Deviation from what is right; gross injustice, sin, wickedness.
    • And bycauſe our auncient enemye the Deuyl, who is the well and, ſpryng of iniquitie, and is not onely hymſelfe an homycide, a lyer, and and^([sic]) hater of the truth frõ the beginnyng: [...] Therefore like as we deſyre here to be delyuered from ſynne, ſo also we deſyre, that our heauenly father...1555 September 24, Edmonde Byshop of London [i.e., Edmund Bonner], “Thexposition or Declaration of the vii. and Last Peticion of the Pater Noster, which is: But Delyuer Vs from Euill. Amen.”, in A...
  2. (countable) An act of great injustice or unfairness; a sinful or wicked act; an unconscionable deed.
    • For this is an heinous crime, yea, it is an iniquitie to bee puniſhed by the Judges.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 31:11, column 2

Forms of iniquitie

pluraliniquities

Questions about iniquitie

What is iniquitie the obsolete spelling of?
Iniquitie is the obsolete spelling of iniquity.

Words near iniquitie in the dictionary

  1. inion
  2. inions
  3. iniopterygian
  4. iniopterygians
  5. iniparib
  6. iniquitie
  7. iniquities
  8. iniquitous
  9. iniquitously
  10. iniquitousness
  11. iniquity

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