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inerrant

[ in-er-uhnt, -ur- ]

/ ɪnˈɛr ənt, -ˈɜr- /

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adjective

free from error; infallible.

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Origin of inerrant

1645–55; <Latin inerrant-, equivalent to in-in-³ + errant-, stem of errāns present participle of errāre to wander, err; see -ant

OTHER WORDS FROM inerrant

in·er·ran·cy, nounin·er·rant·ly, adverb

Words nearby inerrant

inequivalve, ineradicable, inerasable, inerrable, inerrancy, inerrant, inerrantism, inerratic, inert, inertance, inert gas

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Example sentences from the Web for inerrant

“The Bible is, of course, the only inerrant Word of God,” she acknowledges.
The Strange Saga of ‘Jesus Calling,’ The Evangelical Bestseller You’ve Never Heard Of|Ruth Graham|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For how can faith in an inerrant Bible and unbelief in its inerrancy abide in harmony in the same house?
The Church, the Schools and Evolution|J. E. (Judson Eber) Conant
This formula is the divine challenge to every form of unbelief in an inerrant Bible.
The Church, the Schools and Evolution|J. E. (Judson Eber) Conant
No one can accept the theory of evolution and the doctrine of an inerrant Bible at the same time.
The Church, the Schools and Evolution|J. E. (Judson Eber) Conant

They are representing the purposes of God in His inerrant governmental dealings with the earth.
The Prophet Ezekiel|Arno C. Gaebelein
Its musicianship—the sheer technical artistry which contrived it—is stupefying in its enormous and inerrant mastery.
Aspects of Modern Opera|Lawrence Gilman

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