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Webster 1913 Edition
Impurity
Im-pu′ri-ty
,Noun.
pl. Impurities
(#)
. [L.
impuritas
: cf. F. impureté
.] 1.
The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.
Profaneness,
impurity
, or scandal, is not wit. Buckminster.
2.
That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient.
Foul
impurities
reigned among the monkish clergy. Atterbury.
3.
(Script.)
Lack of ceremonial purity; defilement.