inerrancy

inerrancy
/in er"euhn see, -err"-/, n.
1. lack of error; infallibility.
2. the belief that the Bible is free from error in matters of science as well as those of faith. Cf. creationism (def. 3).
[1810-20; INERR(ANT) + -ANCY]

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