incorruptible
incorruptible
Definition
in·cor·rupt·ible (-rup′tə bəl)
adjective
- that cannot be corrupted, esp. morally
- not liable to physical decay
Etymology: ME incorruptyble < LL (Ec) incorruptibilis
in′·cor·rupt′·ibil′·ity noun
in′·cor·rupt′·ibly adverb
incorruptible
Synonyms
incorruptible
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- seed: You have an incorruptible seed, Peter says, a new life, a new nature, a new creation.
- body: Heaven had begun to join to earth and Jesus was the first of the righteous to rise in an incorruptible body.
- crown: Hence Paul, that he might be approved of the Judge and win the incorruptible crown, enslaved his body ( I Cor.
- life: The incorruptible life of the Son is transmitted by Divine means to the sinner whose heart is capable of faith in God.
- inheritor: As he put it himself: " Only the Irish working class remain the incorruptible inheritors of the fight for Irish freedom.
- flesh: The true substance of God and man has to be this hypothetical incorruptible flesh.
Used with adjective complement
- raise: For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
incorruptible Quotes
The seagreen Incorruptible.
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