innocency
Americannoun
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innocenciesEtymology
Origin of innocency
Example Sentences
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Dost thou hear, Hal? thou knowest in the state of innocency Adam fell; and what should poor Jack Falstaff do in the days of villainy?
From Time Magazine Archive
So did a strange feeling of national "innocency."
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Fenn, with some others, presented a long letter to the Queen in vindication of their own innocency; but we have not discovered how long they remained in prison after that period.
From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Coleman, Thomas
Everything was in a delightful state of innocency, honour more than money seeming to be generally the object sought.
From George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life by Fenn, George Manville
But by my own innocency I know you are in the wrong way.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen
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