inviolable
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Inviolable sanctuary has been upheld even in hours of international conflict.
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Times indeed have changed since the "Inviolable Constitutions" laid it down that nullus omnino Alumnus in Collegio detineatur, cuius futura; Chris-tìanae pietatis significatio non extet.
From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman
The leaves, like women, interchange Sagacious confidence; Somewhat of nods, and somewhat of Portentous inference, The parties in both cases Enjoining secrecy, — Inviolable compact To notoriety.
From Poems by Emily Dickinson, Series Two by Todd, Mabel Loomis
Inviolable, in-vī′ōl-a-bl, adj. that cannot be profaned: that cannot be injured.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
One more request, and I am lost, If you its earnest prayer deny; It is, that you preserve the most Inviolable secrecy As to my plan.
From Fanny With Other Poems by Halleck, Fitz-Greene
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The Articles of Confederation (1777)
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