incorruption
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of incorruption
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin incorruptiōn- (stem of incorruptiō ). See in- 3, corruption
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What I had seen was the point at which from corruption issues incorruption.
From Time Magazine Archive
Speaking again of the body, he says: "It is sown in corruption, it shall rise in incorruption."
From The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by F. J. Boudreaux
No, believe it, ye cannot inherit incorruption with flesh and blood, which ye were born with.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
The ancient Christian, inspired by the glorious doctrine of the resurrection, looked forward with ardent hope to the time when corruption should put on incorruption, and the mortal, immortality.
From The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome by Anonymous
If Jesus, therefore, rose in this higher body, and appeared to his disciples, it was to lift them above fear of death by showing that this corruptible must put on incorruption.
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke
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