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impeccability|ɪmpɛkəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[ad. med.L. impeccābilitās, f. impeccābilis (see next). Cf. F. impeccabilité (1609 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
The quality or character of being impeccable; freedom from liability to sin, wrong-doing, or error.
1613Salkeld Treat. Angels 234 (L.) It doth cause an everlasting impeccability. 1627[see impeccancy]. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals i. i. 27 Great Volumes in defence of the infallibility and impeccability of the Pope. 1725tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th C. I. v. 165 The Qualities of the Soul of Jesus Christ..its Knowledge, its Wisdom..and its Impeccability. 1879G. Meredith Egoist III. viii. 151, I have never pretended to impeccability. |