IMPURITY
\ɪmpjˈʊɹɪti], \ɪmpjˈʊɹɪti], \ɪ_m_p_j_ˈʊ_ɹ_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of IMPURITY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.
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That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient.
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Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.
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The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.
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That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient.
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Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.
By Noah Webster.
By William R. Warner
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Want of purity ; state of being mixed with some foreign or baser substance ; - imperfect or adulterated form of a material body ; - any inferior or foul element or ingredient ; - hence, in morals, defilement ; pollution ;- lewdness ; obscenity ; - legal or ceremonial uncleanness ;- any foul or filthy though, act, or word ;- also an incorrect or ungrammatical form of speech.
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