inerrant
pronunciation
How to pronounce inerrant in British English: UK [ɪn'erənt]
How to pronounce inerrant in American English: US [ɪn'erənt]
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- Adjective:
- not liable to error
Word Origin
- inerrant (adj.)
- 1650s, in reference to "fixed" stars (as opposed to "wandering" planets), from Latin inerrantem (nominative inerrans) "not wandering," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + errans, present participle of errare "to err" (see err).
Example
- 1. You accept the bible as the inerrant word of god .
- 2. Where the original manuscripts were certainly inerrant , these written copies could possibly have contained some minor flaws .
- 3. Evolution must be wrong because the bible is inerrant .
- 4. The bible is inerrant in the original manuscripts and is the foundation for our faith and practice .
- 5. However , private prayer language is not mentioned in the inerrant bible .