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/kərˈəptɪbəl/ Listen

adjective

Corruptible adj.

Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our corruptible bodies." "Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold."

Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation. "They systematically corrupt very corruptible race."

noun

Corruptible n. That which may decay and perish; the human body. (Archaic)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Corruptible" Quotes from Famous Books

... What is good for the public should be recommended by the critics. It should be. How then to come at them to, get it done? As he was not a member of the honourable literary craft, and regarded its arcana altogether externally, it may be confessed of him that he deemed the Incorruptible corruptible;—not, of course, with filthy coin slid into sticky palms. Critics are human, and exceedingly, beyond the common lot, when touched; and they are excited by mysterious hints of loftiness in authorship; by rumours of veiled loveliness; whispers, of a general anticipation; ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... present republic, we find him calling attention to what he regards as the culminating act of creation, and asserting that, literally, for the creation of man earth was used, and "the finger of God applied to corruptible matter." ...

— History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom • Andrew Dickson White

... resurrection of our Lord and our own future resurrection are articles of the Christian faith. What the resurrection body will be like we do not know, but we believe that our mortal, corruptible body, which is laid in the grave, will rise again immortal and incorruptible. The principal passages of Scripture bearing on the resurrection are—1 Thess. iv. 14-16; 1 Cor. xv. 20-52; Rev. xx. 13; Phil. iii. ...

— The Church Handy Dictionary • Anonymous

... the deep," he read "looking for the general Resurrection in the last day, and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ; at whose second coming in glorious majesty to judge the world, the sea shall give up her dead; and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in Him shall be changed and made like unto his glorious body; according to the mighty working whereby He is able to subdue all ...

— The Mutineers • Charles Boardman Hawes

... the trance is over. But this idea is not confined to Buddists, it is common everywhere. The spirit or soul is supposed to be imprisoned in the body, the body is but the lantern through which the spirit shines, "the corruptible body" is believed to "press down the soul," and the soul is unable to attain to perfect happiness till it has shuffled off this earthy coil. Butler regards the members of the body as so many instruments ...

— The Book of Were-Wolves • Sabine Baring-Gould

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