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Definition of "indefectible" [in•de•fect•i•ble]

  • Having the ability to resist decay or failure; lasting. (adjective)
  • Having no flaw or defect; perfect. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "indefectible" in a sentence
  • "The position to which I am wedded is that the Catholic Church is indefectible, and that therefore truth and authority in her can never been separated."
  • "Do you mean that because the Church is indefectible, nothing that the Pope says can be wrong, or at least seriously wrong?"
  • "And 1 you also know, but you won't admit it, because you think that to admit it would be to admit that the Church is not indefectible."
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