What does purity mean?
Definitions for purity
ˈpyʊər ɪ tipu·ri·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
purity, purenessnoun
being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whitenessnoun
the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
honor, honour, purity, purenessnoun
a woman's virtue or chastity
Wiktionary
puritynoun
The state or degree of being pure.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Puritynoun
Etymology: puritè, Fr. puritas, Lat.
Her urn
Pours streams select, and purity of waters. Matthew Prior.From the body’s purity, the mind
Receives a secret aid. James Thomson, Summer.Death sets us safely on shore in our long-expected Canaan, where there are no temptations, no danger of falling, but eternal purity and immortal joys secure our innocence and happiness for ever. William Wake, Preparation for Death.
Could I come to her with any detection in my hand, I could drive her then from the ward of her purity, her reputation, and her marriage vow. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.
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purity
Purity is the state or quality of being uncontaminated, unmixed, unadulterated or undiluted. It denotes the level of cleanliness, clearness or absence of impurities, pollutants, or foreign substances. This term can be applied in various contexts such as science, morality, spirituality or personal character and usually refers to a pristine or original condition.
Webster Dictionary
Puritynoun
the condition of being pure
Puritynoun
freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals
Puritynoun
cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt
Puritynoun
freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life
Puritynoun
freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views
Puritynoun
freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style
Etymology: [OE. purete, purte, OF. purt, F. puret, from L. puritas, fr. purus pure. See Pure.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Purity
pūr′i-ti, n. condition of being pure: freedom from mixture of any kind: freedom from sin or defilement: chastity: sincerity: freedom from foreign or improper idioms or words.
The Roycroft Dictionary
purity
1. A rapt, interested and ecstatic aloofness toward natural processes. 2. A sewerage system that carries off everything, leaving the soul perfectly bald. 3. A condition of the mind that causes one to snoop around in garbage-dumps and start a league. 4. A plan of teaching things to children in which they are not interested. 5. An ethereal nose giving the miraculous power of sensing the lavatory in the Elysian Fields before it smells the flowers. (There is purity of mind, purity of body and purity of speech. Any one person endowed with all three of these modes or purity is blessed, elect, saved, or otherwise atrophied and pickled.)
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of purity in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of purity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of purity in a Sentence
Purity,patience, and preserverance are the three essentials to success, and above all love.
There’s only goodness around babies and that’s what I’m fascinated by, it’s just human purity right there.
We can prioritize either ideological purity or inclusive victory, we can either call people names online or we can call them into our movement. We can either tighten a narrow and hardcore base or open the tent to a new, broad, big-hearted American coalition.
His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is now only enjoying that for which it was worthy!
A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.
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- نقاءArabic
- puresaCatalan, Valencian
- ryzost, čistotaCzech
- gwyrydWelsh
- renhedDanish
- ReinheitGerman
- αγνότητα, καθαρότηταGreek
- purecoEsperanto
- purezaSpanish
- خلوصPersian
- puhtausFinnish
- puretéFrench
- íonachtIrish
- पवित्रताHindi
- tisztaságHungarian
- puritateInterlingua
- kemurnianIndonesian
- purezzaItalian
- טוהרHebrew
- 純度, 純粋Japanese
- � ುದ್ಧತೆKannada
- 청정Korean
- castitateLatin
- tīrība, šķīstums, šķīstība, nevainībaLatvian
- чистотаMacedonian
- renhetNorwegian
- zuiverheidDutch
- renhetNorwegian
- czystośćPolish
- purezaPortuguese
- puritateRomanian
- чистотаRussian
- renhetSwedish
- தூய்மைTamil
- స్వచ్ఛతTelugu
- ความบริสุทธิ์Thai
- arılık, saflıkTurkish
- чистотаUkrainian
- طہارتUrdu
- tinh khiếtVietnamese
- ריינקייטYiddish
- 纯度Chinese
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