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Definition of incorrupt in English: incorruptadjective ɪnkəˈrʌptˌɪnkəˈrəpt rare (especially of a human body) not having undergone decomposition. Example sentencesExamples - There are other quirky problems surrounding the phenomenon of incorrupt bodies of saints.
- We are even inclined to acknowledge someone's holiness if she lies incorrupt in a glass case.
- The still incorrupt hand was enshrined, some 400 years later, when a little Catholic Church was re-established in Ely.
- There was a trip to France to see something called the incorrupt saint, and possibly a position.
- Among these popes is Boniface VIII, who died in 1303 and whose body was also found incorrupt in 1605.
Synonyms honourable, honest, trustworthy, dependable, worthy, respectable, upright, clean-living, virtuous, good, ethical, moral
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin incorruptus, from in- 'not' + corruptus 'destroyed, marred' (see corrupt). Definition of incorrupt in US English: incorruptadjectiveˌɪnkəˈrəptˌinkəˈrəpt rare (especially of a human body) not having undergone decomposition. Example sentencesExamples - Among these popes is Boniface VIII, who died in 1303 and whose body was also found incorrupt in 1605.
- The still incorrupt hand was enshrined, some 400 years later, when a little Catholic Church was re-established in Ely.
- We are even inclined to acknowledge someone's holiness if she lies incorrupt in a glass case.
- There are other quirky problems surrounding the phenomenon of incorrupt bodies of saints.
- There was a trip to France to see something called the incorrupt saint, and possibly a position.
Synonyms honourable, honest, trustworthy, dependable, worthy, respectable, upright, clean-living, virtuous, good, ethical, moral
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin incorruptus, from in- ‘not’ + corruptus ‘destroyed, marred’ (see corrupt). |