PURITY
\pjˈʊɹɪti], \pjˈʊɹɪti], \p_j_ˈʊ_ɹ_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of PURITY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the state of being free from sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
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being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
By Princeton University
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the state of being free from sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
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being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The condition of being pure.
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freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
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Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.
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Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
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Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
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Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.
By Oddity Software
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The state or quality of being clean; cleanness; freedom from foreign or adulterating matter; innocence.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Condition of being pure;-freedom from foreign admixture or heterogeneous matter ;-freedom from foulness or dirt :-freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin ; -freedom from any sinister or improper views ;-freedom from foreign idioms, from barbarous or improper words or phrases ; chastity ; innocence ; sincerity.
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