Definition of "inalienable" Incapable of being alienated , surrendered , or transferred to another ; not alienable . quotations examples
Quotations "Know thy own worth , and reverence the lyre ," is a line that should be as a fillet bound round the brow —a philactory embroidered on the garments of every son and daughter of Adam distinguished by the possession of that sacred gift , which , whether used or abused , applauded in itself or derided in its possessor , is the highest and the most inalienable distinction humanity ever has or ever can be gifted with , whether bestowed on the highest or the humblest being , in the great mass to which we all belong .
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, page 252