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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