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

How to use inerrant in a sentence

“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
They are representing the purposes of God in His inerrant governmental dealings with the earth.
The Prophet Ezekiel|Arno C. Gaebelein
We believe prophecies, not because history has measured up to them, but we believe them because they are the inerrant Word of God.
The Prophet Ezekiel|Arno C. Gaebelein
His reason, if we prefer to call it such, is practically inerrant.
Ways of Nature|John Burroughs

Its musicianship—the sheer technical artistry which contrived it—is stupefying in its enormous and inerrant mastery.
Aspects of Modern Opera|Lawrence Gilman
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