Moral defilement; stain (of sin). Chiefly in without(en) wem = immaculate, adj. 1. Obsolete exc. archaic.
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| 释义 | the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [noun] > stain of, defilement (5) wem?c1225 Moral defilement; stain (of sin). Chiefly in without(en) wem = immaculate, adj. 1. Obsolete exc. archaic. tachec1330 figurative. A moral spot or blemish; a fault or vice; a bad quality or habit; in quots. 1340 –70, 1541, a physical blemish. Obsolete. tackc1425 A spot, a stain; a blemish; = tache, n.1 1 2. imposthume1565 figurative. With reference to moral corruption in the individual, or insurrection in the state: A moral or political ‘festering sore’; the… deformityc1571 (with a and plural) A moral disfigurement. |
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