inerrant

[ in-er-uhnt, -ur- ]

adjective

1. free from error; infallible.

Other Words From

• in·erran·cy noun
• in·errant·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of inerrant¹

1645–55; < Latin inerrant-, equivalent to in- in- ³ + errant-, stem of errāns present participle of errāre to wander, err; -ant

Example Sentences

Besides, even an inerrant Bible offers more than one way to interpret women’s roles.

From Los Angeles Times

Robinson was a devoutly Protestant academic who believed in the Bible’s inerrant truth.

From Scientific American

David Neiwert points out that far-right extremists from the Patriot movement to fringe Mormons like the Bundys treat "the original text of the Constitution as though it were Biblically inerrant."

From Salon

They embrace the theological red lines drawn in the 1980s, when conservatives wrested control of the denomination in defense of the inerrant truth of the Bible.

From New York Times

My late father considered the Bible the inerrant Word of God ghostwritten by a single privileged eyewitness from creation to revelation.

From New York Times

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