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incorruption arch.|ɪnkəˈrʌpʃən|
[a. F. incorruption (12th c.) or ad. late L. incorruptiōn-em (Tertullian), f. in- (in-3) + corruptiōn-em. corruption.]
1. Freedom from physical corruption or decay; incorrupt condition. Now arch. and only in reference to 1 Cor. xv. 42, etc.
1526Tindale 1 Cor. xv. 42 Hit is sowen in corrupcion and ryseth in incorrupcion. 1558Bp. Watson Sev. Sacram. xvi. 101 Oure synnes shall kyndle oure payne, and incorruption of bodye and soule shall without ende continue the same. 1611Bible Wisd. vi. 18–19 The giuing heed vnto her lawes, is the assurance of incorruption. And incorruption maketh vs neere vnto God. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxv. 172 The same preservation, or rather incorruption, we have observed in the flesh of Turkeys, Capons, Hares, Partridge, Venison, suspended freely in the ayre. 1747Wesley Prim. Physic (1762) 3 Cloathed in Body as well as in Soul with Immortality and Incorruption. 1871W. B. Pope Fernley Lect. 155 Its incorruption and sinlessness were imparted ‘by the indwelling of the Holy Ghost’.
†2. Freedom from corrupt conduct; uprightness and honesty. Obs.
1600Holland Livy xlvi. 1235 L. æmylius Paulus..whose incorruption and abstinence from the publicke treasure was such that [etc.]. 1677Govt. Venice 192 Ancient Senators eminent for Incorruption and good Oeconomie.
†3. Of texts: Freedom from erroneous alterations; purity. Obs.
1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. iii. §27. 141 For the incorruption of Scripture, I know no rationall assurance we can have of it. 1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. iii. iv. §9 The controversie between the present Hebrew Copies and the LXX. in point of integrity and incorruption. |