† insordescentadj.
Roman Catholic Church. Obsolete.
literal. Increasing in filthiness; in quot. figurative.
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society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > morally foul > becoming more foul
insordescent1731
1731 S. Chandler tr. P. van Limborch Hist. Inquisition II. iii. xviii. 82 A Man is said to be insordescent in Excommunication, who, after he hath been by Name declared Excommunicate, persists in that Excommunication for a Year.
Derivatives
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society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > moral foulness > fact of increasing in foulness
insordescence1731
1731 S. Chandler tr. P. van Limborch Hist. Inquisition II. iii. xviii. 82 He must be deprived of his Benefice for Insordescence.
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