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impurity
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Impurity
(gcide) | Impurity \Im*pu"ri*ty\, n.; pl. Impurities . [L. impuritas: cf.
F. impuret['e].]
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1. The condition or quality of being impure in any sense;
defilement; foulness; adulteration.
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Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit.
--Buckminster.
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2. That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul
matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient.
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Foul impurities reigned among the monkish clergy.
--Atterbury.
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3. (Script.) Lack of ceremonial purity; defilement.
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impurity
(wn) | impurity
n 1: worthless or dangerous material that should be removed;
"there were impurities in the water" [syn: impurity,
dross]
2: the condition of being impure [syn: impurity, impureness]
[ant: pureness, purity] |
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