Crossword clues for incorruptibility
incorruptibility
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incorruptibility \In`cor*rupt`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [L.
incorruptibilitas: cf. F. incorruptibilit['e].]
The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of
corruption.
--Holland.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Late Latin incorruptibilitas, from incorruptibilis (see incorruptible).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The condition of being incorruptible; honesty. 2 The condition of never decaying or decomposing, ascribed to the bodies of holy people in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
WordNet
n. the incapability of being corrupted [ant: corruptibility]
Wikipedia
Incorruptibility is a Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox belief that divine intervention allows some human bodies (specifically saints and beati) to avoid the normal process of decomposition after death as a sign of their holiness. Bodies that undergo little or no decomposition, or delayed decomposition, are sometimes referred to as incorrupt or incorruptible.
Incorruptibility is thought to occur even in the presence of factors which normally hasten decomposition, as in the cases of saints Catherine of Genoa, Julie Billiart and Francis Xavier.
Usage examples of "incorruptibility".
The happy couple had composed their own vows, she declaring from memory in a clear voice rich with emotion her ardent fidelity to this stranger from the east, strange no more, an uncommon man deserving of greater happiness than she could provide, but nonetheless assured of finding in her company, as long as she was capable of drawing a breath, house advantage, sound money management, and all the love he would ever need -- comped -- while he, reading in halting rhythms from the scribbled sheet of hotel stationary in his quivering hand, pledged his strength to a fierce defense of their continued bliss, promised to honor the snowflake-special particularity that was Kara, to cherish the utter incorruptibility of her butterfly soul.
The happy couple had composed their own vows, she declaring from memory in a clear voice rich with emotion her ardent fidelity to this stranger from the east, strange no more, an uncommon man deserving of greater happiness than she could provide, but nonetheless assured of finding in her company, as long as she was capable of drawing a breath, house advantage, sound money management, and all the love he would ever need -- comped -- while he, reading in halting rhythms from the scribbled sheet of hotel stationary in his quivering hand, pledged his strength to a fierce defense of their continued bliss, promised to honor the snowflake-special particularity that was Kara, to cherish the utter incorruptibility of her butterfly soul.