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Impurity
Pronunciation : Im*pu"ri*ty
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L. impuritas: cf. F. impuret?.]
Definition : 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.)
Defn: Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.
pl. Impurities.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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