inerrant
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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. | 1. | inerrant - not liable to error; "the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent"-G.G.Coulton; "lack an inerrant literary sense"; "an unerring marksman" infallible - incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible" |