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unˈblameable, unˈblamable, a.
[un-1 7 b.]
Blameless, irreproachable.
1531Tindale Exp. 1 John (1537) 100 A man of maruaylous integrete and vnblameable. 1579W. Wilkinson Confut. Fam. Love Ep. Ded. *iij b, [They] would fayne in lyfe seeme innocent and vnblameable. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 6 (1619) 93 margin, The most commendable conformitie is to ioyne to vncorrupt doctrine an vnblameable life. 1693Apol. Clergy Scot. 15, I know not a more unblamable Company of men upon Earth than the Episcopal Clergy of Scotland. 1738Warburton Div. Legat. i. v. I. 72 His Followers, whom their very Enemies acknowledged to be unblameable in their actions. 1781Cowper Hope 622 If, unblameable in word and thought, A man arise. 1840Carlyle Heroes iv. 230 That Scotland would forgive him [Knox] for having been worth to it any million ‘unblamable’ Scotchmen that need no forgiveness!
Hence unˈblam(e)ableness.
1638Bp. Reynolds Serm. 12 July 42 Piety and unblameablenesse of living. a1661Fuller Worthies, Lanc. ii. (1662) 107 Elizabeths unblameableness,..the Canaanitish Womans faith, Mary Magdalens charity. 1698J. Killingbeck Serm. (1717) 23 The Integrity of his Heart, and the Unblamableness of his Life. |