'Plenary inspiration' definitions:
Definition of 'Plenary inspiration'
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- Inspiration \In`spi*ra"tion\, n. [F. inspiration, L. inspiratio. See Inspire.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Your father was ever virtuous, and holy men at their death have good inspirations. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Theol.) A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated. [1913 Webster]
- All Scripture is given by inspiration of God. --2 Tim. iii. 16. [1913 Webster]
- The age which we now live in is not an age of inspiration and impulses. --Sharp. [1913 Webster]
- Plenary inspiration (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which excludes all defect in the utterance of the inspired message.
- Verbal inspiration (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which extends to the very words and forms of expression of the divine message. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Plenary inspiration'
From: GCIDE
- Plenary \Ple"na*ry\, a. [LL. plenarius, fr. L. plenus full. See Plenty.] Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. [1913 Webster]
- A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- Plenary indulgence (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins.
- Plenary inspiration. (Theol.) See under Inspiration. [1913 Webster]