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in·er·rant

(ĭn-ĕr′ənt)

adj.

1. Incapable of erring; infallible.

2. Containing no errors.

in•er•rant

(ɪnˈɛr ənt, -ˈɜr-)

adj.

free from error; infallible.

[1645–55; < Latin inerrant-, s. of inerrāns not wandering]

in•er′ran•cy, n.

in•er′rant•ly, adv.

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Adj.

inerrant - not liable to error; "the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent"-G.G.Coulton; "lack an inerrant literary sense"; "an unerring marksman"

inerrable, unerring

infallible - incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible"

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With biblical inerrancy emerging as the theological issue at the center, one voice came to represent the inerrantist cause: Harold Lindsell, whose books Battle for the Bible and The Bible in the Balance would provide fuel for the conservative cause.

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