IMPURITIES
Noun
impurities
plural of impurity
Source: Wiktionary
IMPURITY
Im*pu"ri*ty, n.; pl. Impurities. Etym: [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.)
Definition: Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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