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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impurity \Im*pu"ri*ty\, n.; pl Impurities . [L. impuritas: cf F. impuret['e].] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impurity n 1: worthless material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water" [syn: {dross}] 2: the condition of being impure [syn: {impureness}] [ant: {purity}]
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