inerrable, a.
(ɪnˈɛrəb(ə)l)
[ad. L. (post-class.) inerrābilis, f. in- (in-3) + errāre to err.]
Incapable of erring; not liable to err; exempt from the possibility of error; infallible, unerring.
| 1613 Jackson Creed ii. xxiv. §6, Such a facile, inerrable rule as the Papists haue framed for direction in points of faith. 1687 Burnet Six Papers, Answ. New Test Ch. Eng. Loyalty 34 We do not pretend that we are Inerrable in this Point. 1715 M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 240 The Scripture-Letter, as the inerrable Standard of their Morals and Discipline. 1839 J. Rogers Antipopopr. ii. ii. §12. 142 No man or men on the globe compose a tribunal from whose inerrable decision we may not appeal. 1879 Baring-Gould Germany II. 177 Catholic Christianity rested on an inerrable Church as the teacher of truth. |
Hence inˈerrableness = inerrability; inˈerrably adv., in an inerrable manner, infallibly.
| 1620 Bp. Hall Hon. Mar. Clergy Answ. Advt., The inerrablenesse of Councels, whether particular, confirmed by the pope, or generall. 1654 Hammond Fundamentals xii. §2 The infallibility, and inerrableness, which is assumed, and inclosed by the Romish church. 1672 Penn Spirit Truth Vind. 40 To this end God gives it to..his Church, that in Doctrine, Life and Government she may inerrably be guided. 1877 Patmore Unknown Eros (1890) 1 Many speak wisely, some inerrably. |