Definition of "perfections" [perfections]

• Plural form of perfection. (noun)

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• "Her faultless nature, one sum of perfections, is wrapt up in her affections -- if they were hurt, she would droop like an unwatered floweret, and the slightest injury they receive is"
• "First, An awful sense of the divine perfections is the best antidote against the fear of sufferings; did we fear God more, we should certainly fear men less."
• "The second is the class of mixed perfections, that is, good-making properties that entail some limitation (for example, being human or being corporeal) or privation (repentance, for instance)."