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Capable of being violated, broken, or injured. -- Vi"o*la*bly, adv.

Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm (used with respect to either physical or moral damage); not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred; holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable shrine. He tried a third, a tough, well-chosen spear, The inviolable body stood sincere. Dryden.…

The quality or state of being inviolable; as, the inviolableness of divine justice.

Inviolable.

oman Doric" orders, and imitated by the architects of the Renaissance. -- Attic faith, inviolable faith. -- Attic purity, special purity of language. -- Attic salt, Attic wit, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar to the Athenians. -- Attic story. See Attic, n. -- Attic style, a style pure and elegant.…

into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for. We have contracted an inviolable amity, peace, and lague with the aforesaid queen. Hakluyt. Many persons . . . had contracted marriage within the degrees of consanguinity . . . prohibited by law. Strype.

, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.

The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.

To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable. Sickness [might] necessitate his removal from the court. South. This fact necessitates a second line. J. Peile.

Any melody determined by inviolable rules. [Obs.]

an. He plighted his right hand Unto another love, and to another land. Spenser. Here my inviolable faith I plight. Dryden.

Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable. Secrets of marriage still are sacred held. Dryden.

Sacred; inviolable. [R.] Dr. H. More.

A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site. Hence, specifically:

Whole; perfect; unhurt; uninjured. [Obs.] The inviolable body stood sincere. Dryden.

less whirl." J. H. Newman. The rapid . . . whirl of things here below interrupt not the inviolable rest and calmness of the noble beings above. South.