irreptions

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A form of irreption — A creeping in.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of irreption

    ...but by frequent and habitual mortification, and by continual watchfulness , and standing in readiness against all inadvertencies, we shall lessen the inclination, and account fewer sudden irreptions.

    1847, Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Alexander Taylor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor ... ; with a Life of the Author ... by ... Reginald Heber ... ; Revised and Corrected by the Rev. Charles Page Eden ...: Life of our Blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, page 435
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