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Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels.

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  1. a. Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels.
  2. a. Morbid; corrupt; as, peccant humors.
  3. a. Wrong; defective; faulty.
  4. n. An offender.
  5. adj. liable to sin
  6. 1. Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels. Milton. 2. Morbid; corrupt; as, peccant humors. Bacon. 3. Wrong; defective; faulty. [R.] Ayliffe. An offender. [Obs.] Whitlock.
  7. An offender. [Obs.] Whitlock.