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Nave Topical Bible
• Innocency
Thompson Chain Reference
• Innocent Blood
• Innocence-Guilt
• Innocence
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Innocents, the
• Holy Innocents' Day
Charles Buck Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
• Innocents, Slaughter of the
• Innocence, Innocency
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Innocents
• Innocence
King James Dictionary
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• Innocency
Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Innocents, Holy
• Innocent Xiii, Pope
• Innocent Xii, Pope
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Innocent IV
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Innocence; Innocency; Innocent
• Innocents, Massacre of the
• Massacre of the Innocents
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Deseriz (or Dericius), Joseph Innocent
• Holy Innocents
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Innocent
• Innocent III.
• Innocent XI.
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Holy Innocents
• Pope Bl. Innocent V
• Pope Innocent I
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Innocent III. (Lothario Conti)
• Innocent XI. (Benedetto Odescalchi)
Lexicons
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• ܚܰܣܝܳܐ
Girdleston's OT Synonyms
• Innocence
• ἁγνός
• ἀθῷος
• ἄκακος
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• בַּר
• זָכוּ
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IN'NOCENCY, n. L. innocentia in and noceo, to hurt.

1. Properly, freedom from any quality that can injure innoxiousness harmlessness as the innocence of a medicine which can do no harm. In this sense, the noun is not obsolete, though less used than the adjective.

2. In a moral sense, freedom from crime, sin or guilt untainted purity of heart and life unimpaired integrity.

Enjoyment left nothing to ask--innocence left nothing to fear.

3. Freedom from guilt or evil intentions simplicity of heart as the innocence of a child.

4. Freedom from the guilt of a particular sin or crime. This is the sense in which the word is most generally used, for perfect innocence cannot be predicated of man. A man charged with theft or murder may prove his innocence.

5. The state of being lawfully conveyed to a belligerent, or of not being contraband as the innocence of a cargo, or of any merchandize.