innocency
Americannoun
plural
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
So much better is innocency and piety than subtle argument, and sincere devotion than curious dispute.
From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson
My God hath sent his angel and hath shut the lions' mouths that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee.
From Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities by Cooper, Robert
Your words cannot condemn me; my innocency is my defence.
From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de
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