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(), n.; pl. Impurities (). [L. impuritas: cf. F. impuret.] 1. The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration. Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit. Buckminster. 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. (Script.) Want of ceremonial purity; defilement. スポンサード リンク
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