Definition of purity

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Purity (n.) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style..

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Purist :: Purist (n.) One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language..
Indelicate :: Indelicate (a.) Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior..
Touchstone :: Touchstone (n.) Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.
Impurity :: Impurity (n.) Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.
Virginity :: Virginity (n.) The quality or state of being a virgin; undefiled purity or chastity; maidenhood.
Elaiometer :: Elaiometer (n.) An apparatus for determining the amount of oil contained in any substance, or for ascertaining the degree of purity of oil..
Latinity :: Latinity (n.) The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom..
Intemerateness :: Intemerateness (n.) The state of being unpolluted; purity.
Purity :: Purity (n.) The condition of being pure.
Impurity :: Impurity (n.) The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.
Obscenity :: Obscenity (n.) That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture..
Reformed :: Reformed (a.) Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches..
Mingle :: Mingle (v. t.) To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
Sanctity :: Sanctity (n.) The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness.
Chastely :: Chastely (adv.) In a chaste manner; with purity.
Argent :: Argent (n.) The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface..
Hall-mark :: Hall-mark (n.) The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers..
Integrity :: Integrity (n.) Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity..
Defile :: Defile (v. t.) To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.
Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper..
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