Incorruptibility

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being incorruptible; honesty. uncountable

    "In short—which is the strongest proof that can be given of the excellence of her heart, and the incorruptibility of her honour, she, at eighteen, was as spotless a character at Little Hockley, as the most innocent inhabitant of her age and sex could be at Castlewick."

  2. 2
    the incapability of being corrupted wordnet
  3. 3
    The condition of never decaying or decomposing (especially, as ascribed to the bodies of holy people in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity). uncountable

    "1618, Anonymous translator, A Manuall of Devout Meditations and Exercises by Tomás de Villacastín, Book 3, Meditation 12, Point 1, p. 510, facsimile reprint in D. M. Rogers (editor), English Recusant Literature, 1558-1640, Volume 326, Menston: The Scolar Press, 1976, Gather hence great joy at the Resurrection of the B. Virgin, and the incorruptibility of her body, the rare and speciall priviledge graunted unto her by her most holy Son, who fullfilled the desires of her soule."

Etymology

From Latin incorruptibilitas.

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