impurenessn.
/ɪmˈpjʊənɪs/ The quality of being impure; impurity.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > [noun]
uncleannesseOE
unpurenessa1425
uncleanliness1509
impurity1548
impureness1557
immundicity1559
sluttery1607
uncleansedness1622
immundity1870
1557 W. Baldwin & T. Palfreyman Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) ii. iv. f. 59v The people..by thimpurenes thereof are with soondry vyces corrupted.
a1627 T. Middleton More Dissemblers besides Women i. i, in 2 New Playes (1657) 3 As void of all impureness as an Altar.
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 554 No doubt..as to the badness or impureness of the plant, as it was gathered in the beginning of July.
1861 G. Moberly Serm. Beatit. vi. 107 He becomes familiarized in all his life with the realities of impureness.
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