IMPURITY

impurity. Impurity, n. uncleanness, foulness, guilt

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Im‐pu″ri‐ty (?), n.; pl. Impurities (#). [[L. impuritas: cf. F. impureté.]] 1. 1. The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.
Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit. Buckminster. 2. 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. 3. (Script.) Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.