peccability

Example Sentences

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“What fun it would be to try the experiment of a saint’s peccability on some living subject,” said Bruce.

From Julian Home by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

The very peccability of her wit is demonstrated by the extravagant claims which it permits itself.

From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William

A question deserving some attention in this connection is that of the peccability or impeccability of Christ—the question as to whether He was capable of sinning.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

Its darkness, its hardness, its forced uprightness, and the place in which you find it, may commend it to you; give me rather some weakness and peccability, with vital warmth and human sympathies.

From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage