Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Freedom from error or untruths; infallibility: belief in the inerrancy of the Scriptures.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The quality of being inerrant; freedom from error.
Wiktionary
- n. Freedom from error.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Exemption from error.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (Christianity) exemption from error
Etymologies
- inerrant + -cy (Wiktionary)
Examples
“An actual quote: I am among those who feel that the term inerrancy has become for Evangelicals severely overqualified because of the recognition of the tensions between older formulations of the term and the developments in our understanding of the Bible and its world.”
“Still, I think there's a case to be made that we need to leave the term inerrancy behind.”
“James, maybe the word inerrancy should be dropped, but do you think one could still have a high view of divine inspiration and authority can be maintained even if the Bible clearly is not "historical" or "scientific" in the modern sense of the term?”
“Evangelical scholars, for example, doubt that accepting the doctrine of biblical inerrancy is the best way to assert their belief in biblical authority.”
“But if Protestantism could force the papal hand in a matter of this magnitude, involving vast questions of belief and far-reaching questions of policy, what becomes of "inerrancy" -- of special protection and guidance of the papal authority in matters of faith?”
A History of the warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
“Actually it’s because of knowledge and logic that I’m believe in inerrancy of scripture.”
“If a Muslim cannot reconcile even one of the ridiculous scientific claims in the Koran and the Hadith than the idea of inerrancy is lost.”
The heart and cardiovascular system in the Qur'an and Hadeeth - The Panda's Thumb
“The only way to hold onto inerrancy is to deny the humanity of the Bible's authors....to set them in a class apart from every other human being on earth.”
“That's another problem I have with the notion of inerrancy - how often its defenders are willing to deny that the text means what it says in order to have it be "right" on some abstract theological level.”
“As for the broader question of why people are so desperate to cling to inerrancy, that is a good question.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘inerrancy’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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RELI - Christian doctrines
infallibility, inerrancy, communicable attr..., incommunicable at..., fortuitous incarn..., atonement, hypostatic union, mystical union, spirit-baptism, sanctification, indwelling, fruits of the Hol... and 90 more...
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RELI - properties of the Christian God
eternity, holiness, omnipotence, omniscience, omnibenevolence, omnipresence, immortality, goodness, aseity, graciousness, immanence, immutability and 27 more...
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Verba Dilecta
delectable, notate, pauciloquy, paucity, pauciloquent, paucify, interscapilium, uropygium, inferna, nota, equipollent, prepollent and 677 more...
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GRE
acrimony, verisimilitude, tenebrious, tenebrous, dishabille, unfettered, deplorable, woebegone, credulity, naïveté, mitigate, meliorate and 475 more...
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words
diplopic, dolorous, farrago, surety, scuttlebutt, Arabesque, infarct, neurasthenia, lambent, expurge, univocal, simper and 395 more...
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GRE
high frequent
industrious, feckless, debunk, quintessence, loquacious, obsequious, laconic, plethora, lugubrious, serendipity, facetious, turgid and 261 more...
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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[GRE] 10 Apr 2013
despondency, fruition, elation, wholesome, waffle, rail, grieve, mince, candor, staunch, bicker, weary and 104 more...
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set 17
from 81 to 85
hydrophobia, execrate, jostle, brazen, antecedents, profilgate, descry, wily, crass, farce, flout, slough and 63 more...
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difficult-list25
inchoate, incidence, inclement, inclusive, incommodious, incongruity, inconsequential, incontinent, incorporate, incorporeal, incorrigible, incredulity and 25 more...
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