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incorruptiˈbility
Also 5 incorrumpt-.
[ad. late L. incorruptibilitās (Tertullian), f. incorruptibil-is incorruptible: see -ity. So F. incorruptibilité (1570 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. The quality of being physically incorruptible, or not subject to decomposition or decay.
1460–70Bk. Quintessence 7 Þe vertu of brennynge watir is sich þat..it holdiþ incorrumptibiletee and an euene heete. 1526Tindale 1 Cor. xv. 54 When this corruptible hath put on incorruptibilite. 1605Timme Quersit. ii. iv. 116 The incorruptibilitie of gold maketh it the best medicine. 1713Berkeley Hylas & Phil. iii. Wks. 1871 I. 354 The being of a God, and incorruptibility of the soul, those great articles of religion. 1874J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects 38/2 The Aphthartodocetae attributed to our Lord's Body..incorruptibility.
2. The quality of being morally incorruptible; invincible honesty or uprightness.
1830Miss Mitford Village Ser. iv. (1863) 238 A guardian of the purity of the corporation, and the incorruptibility of the vestry. 1849Grote Greece ii. lxiv. (1862) V. 477 An established reputation for..incorruptibility. |