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Webster 1913 Edition
Infallibility
In-falˊli-bil′i-ty
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
infaillibilité
.] The quality or state of being infallible, or exempt from error; inerrability.
Infallibility
is the highest perfection of the knowing faculty. Tillotson.
Papal infallibility
(R. C. Ch.)
, the dogma that the pope can not, when acting in his official character of supreme pontiff, err in defining a doctrine of Christian faith or rule of morals, to be held by the church. This was decreed by the Ecumenical Council at the Vatican, July 18, 1870.
Webster 1828 Edition
Infallibility
INFALLIBIL'ITY
Definition 2024
infallibility
infallibility
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Noun
infallibility (plural infallibilities)
- The property of being infallible; the ability to never make a mistake.
- Sadly, dictionary compilers do not show the trait of infallibility.
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the ability to never make a mistake
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