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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1520-1535
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Uncorruptioun(n, n. [ME and e.m.E. vncoripcioun (Wyclif), vncorrupcioun (a1420); Corruptioun n.] a. The absence or lack of corruption; the condition of being uncorrupt. b. Incorruptibility, inability to become corrupt or decay. Only in Nisbet after Purvey. —a. c1520-c1535 Nisbet Rom. ii 7.
The richtful dome of God that sal yeeld to ilk man eftir his werkis suthlie to thame that be pacience of gude werk, glorie and honour and vncorruptioun [W. vncoripcioun, P. vncorrupcioun] c1520-c1535 Nisbet 1 Cor. xv 50, 53.
Flesch and blude may nocht weeld the kingdom of God, nouthir corruptionn sal weeld vncorruptiounn … it behuvis this corruptibile thing to cleith vncorruptioun —b. c1520-c1535 Nisbet 2 Tim. i 10.
Bot now it is opin be the lichtnyng of our saluatour Jesus Crist, quhilk destroyit dede, and lichtnyt lijf and vncorruptioun be the gospele
