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impeccancy|ɪmˈpɛkənsɪ|
[ad. eccl. L. impeccāntia (Tertullian): see next and -ancy.]
The quality of being impeccant; sinlessness; inerrancy.
1614Bp. Hall No Peace w. Rome §5 She..stubbornely challenges unto her Chayre a certaine Impeccancy of judgement (that wee may borrow a word from Tertullian). 1627Donne Serm. clvii. Wks. (Alford) VI. 268 A present Impeccancy and a future Impeccability. a1711Ken Preparatives Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 136 Life ne'er is wholly free from Sins, Impeccancy at Death begins. |