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Definition of Corruptions
1. corruption [n] - See also: corruption
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corruptions
Literary usage of Corruptions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the English Language by George P[erkins] Marsh (1860)
"Mere corruptions, on the contrary, which arise from extraneous or accidental
causes, may be detected, exposed, and if not healed, at least prevented from ..."
2. The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt by Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Birch, William Oldys (1829)
"Of idolatrous corruptions, quickly rising, and hardly at length vanishing in ...
I. 1 That in old corruptions we may find same signs of more ancient truth. ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1886)
"The 'Corruptions of the Church of Rome" was so popular that it reached a fourth
edition in 1714. It was translated into Italian, and passed through more ..."
4. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1848)
"In Italy, the progressive corruptions of ... avendi for habendi, dava for dabat,
cedo a deo, and ad eccle- sia, among many similar corruptions. ..."
5. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1844)
"instituted by God, would shine with the greatest lustre, unencumbered with any
extraneous corruptions. But whether the person who is baptized be wholly ..."
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