01 n. The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.
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The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.“Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit.” — Buckminster.
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That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient.“Foul impurities reigned among the monkish clergy.” — Atterbury.
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Lack of ceremonial purity; defilement.(Script.)