purity

[ pyoo r-i-tee ]

/ ˈpyʊər ɪ ti /

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noun

the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.

freedom from any admixture or modifying addition.

ceremonial or ritual cleanness.

freedom from guilt or evil; innocence.

physical chastity; virginity.

freedom from foreign or inappropriate elements; careful correctness: purity of expression.

Optics. the chroma, saturation, or degree of freedom from white of a given color.

cleanness or spotlessness, as of garments.

Origin of purity

1175–1225; < Late Latin pūritās (see pure, -ity); replacing Middle English pur(e)te < Anglo-French < Late Latin, as above

OTHER WORDS FROM purity

hy·per·pur·i·ty, noun su·per·pu·ri·ty, noun

Words nearby purity

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Example sentences from the Web for purity

The family also believed that inbreeding was central to both preserving the family fortune and ensuring “purity of blood.”

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Wilson explained that, unlike some of the other forms of early religion, Pauline Christianity had been based on purity.

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I don’t think that happened in the ‘90s and the ‘80s and I wonder if there’s a purity to that that I envy sometimes.

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Will it strive for purity or aim for as big a tent as possible?

Populists Go Down in Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party |David Freedlander |September 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

But it certainly has something to sell: a sense of security and a particular vision of purity.

Are Water Filters B.S.? |Michael Schulson |August 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Justice was administered between man and man with an exactness and purity not before known.

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 |Various
He felt himself caught up for a moment into the purity of her eyes, and looking into them he came close to her.

The Dull Miss Archinard |Anne Douglas Sedgwick
History has proved the impossibility of its retaining its purity for half a century.

Olla Podrida |Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
Was not Emerson, so far as purity of life is concerned, the equal of any true believer?

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) |Robert G. Ingersoll
Surely, I thought, no suppression of their growth can be essential to their loveliness and truth and purity!

Lilith |George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for purity

purity

/ (ˈpjʊərɪtɪ) /

noun

the state or quality of being pure

physics a measure of the amount of a single-frequency colour in a mixture of spectral and achromatic colours

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