incorruption

Example Sentences

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What I had seen was the point at which from corruption issues incorruption.

From Time Magazine Archive

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely

The Jewish high priests wore a linen garment of the purest byssus—which was a symbol of firmness, incorruption, and of the clearest splendour, for fine linen is very difficult to tear.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

Oh, would I could tell you how joyfully I shall put off corruption for incorruption, and exchange mortality for immortality!

From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

He tells us in the Bible that these bodies which are buried in corruption shall be raised in incorruption, and that these mortal bodies shall put on immortality.

From With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul by Stall, Sylvanus