incorruption
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of incorruption
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin incorruptiōn- (stem of incorruptiō ). See in- 3, corruption
Example Sentences
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What I had seen was the point at which from corruption issues incorruption.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the change that has taken place, corruption has put on incorruption; the natural body has become a quickening spirit; death is swallowed up in victory.
From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by Thornton, William Thomas
The perpetuity of atmosphere through transmitted feeling was far more absorbing than the other chimera, of incorruption.
From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Hergesheimer, Joseph
They are 'all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption.'
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander
He tells us in the Bible that these bodies which are buried in corruption shall be raised in incorruption, and that these mortal bodies shall put on immortality.
From With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul by Stall, Sylvanus
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