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The state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived; as, the fallibity of an argument or of an adviser.

The quality or state of being infallible, or exempt from error; inerrability. Infallibility is the highest perfection of the knowing faculty. Tillotson. Papal infallibility (R. C. Ch.), the dogma that the pope can not, when acting in his official character of supreme pontiff, err in defining a doctrine of Christian fai…

al character of the Vatican Council, and Rejected its decrees, esp. that concerning the infallibility of the pope, as contrary to the ancient Catholic faith.

the quality of being impeccable; exemption from sin, error, or offense. Infallibility and impeccability are two of his attributes. Pope.

Freedom or exemption from error; infallibility. Eikon Basilike.

Exemption from error; inerrability; infallibility. Hammond.

One who accepts or maintains the dogma of papal infallibility.

Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal infallibility, under Infallibility.

The state or quality of being infallible; infallibility. Bp. Hall.

s, called jins, above the ordinary Hindoo gods, and the denial of the divine origin and infallibility of the Vedas. It is intermediate between Brahmanism and Buddhism, having some things in common with each.

a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct. Infallibility is an absolute security of the understanding from all possibility of mistake. Tillotson.

is; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence. This is only an infallibility upon supposition that if a thing be true, it is imposible to be false. Tillotson. He means are in supposition. Shak.

d under Pope Pius IX. in Vatican at Rome, in 1870, which promulgated the dogma of papal infallibility.