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
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 Clarke, James Freeman
He called the common resurrection, regeneration, at which our bodies will be regenerated to incorruption, that is to eternity.
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
These mortals shall put on immortality, and these corruptible bodies shall put on incorruption; and then the souls and the bodies of all shall be reunited, never again to be separated throughout all eternity.
From With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul by Stall, Sylvanus
It is mine in Christ to put on incorruption, and through a brief sleep to become clothed with immortal youth.
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry
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