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
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 Joseph Hergesheimer
And thus the communication of Christ is imparted; that is, the Holy Ghost, the earnest of incorruption, the confirmation of the faith, the way of ascent to God.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
We must contemplate these pleasures as seriously as we do the pain of sense in the reprobate, only avoiding the introduction of anything gross or carnal, and, therefore, repugnant to a state of incorruption.
From The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by F. J. Boudreaux
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
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