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Webster 1913 Edition


Purity

Pu′ri-ty

,
Noun.
[OE.
purete
,
purte
, OF.
purté
, F.
pureté
, from L.
puritas
, fr.
purus
pure. See
Pure
.]
The condition of being pure.
Specifically:
(a)
freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter;
as, the
purity
of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals
.
(b)
Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.
“The purity of a linen vesture.”
Holyday.
(c)
Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity;
as,
purity
of heart or of life
.
(d)
Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
(e)
Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases;
as,
purity
of style
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Purity

PU'RITY

,
Noun.
[L. puritas, form purus.]
1.
Freedom from foreign admixture or heterogeneous matter; as the purity of water, of wine, of spirit; the purity of drugs; the purity of metals.
2.
Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt; as the purity of a garment.
The purity of a linen vesture.
3.
Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; as purity of heart or life.
4.
Chastity; freedom from contamination by illicit sexual connection.
5.
Freedom from any sinister or improper views; as the purity of motives or designs.
6.
Freedom from foreign idioms, from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as purity of style or language.

Definition 2024


Purity

Purity

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English

Proper noun

Purity

  1. A female given name from the virtue purity.

purity

purity

See also: Purity

English

Noun

purity (plural purities)

  1. The state or degree of being pure.

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