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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Purity \Pu"ri*ty\, n. [OE. purete, purte, OF. purt['e], F.
     puret['e], from L. puritas, fr. purus pure. See Pure.]
     The condition of being pure. Specifically:
     (a) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as,
         the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
     (b) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt. ``The purity of
         a linen vesture.'' --Holyday.
     (c) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence;
         chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
     (d) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
     (e) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or
         improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.
         [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Purity \Pu"ri*ty\, n. [OE. purete, purte, OF. purt['e], F.
     puret['e], from L. puritas, fr. purus pure. See Pure.]
     The condition of being pure. Specifically:
     (a) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as,
         the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
     (b) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt. ``The purity of
         a linen vesture.'' --Holyday.
     (c) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence;
         chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
     (d) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
     (e) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or
         improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  purity
       n 1: being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material [syn: pureness]
            [ant: impurity]
       2: the state of being free from sin or moral wrong; lacking a
          knowledge of evil [syn: sinlessness, innocence]
       3: a woman's virtue or chastity [syn: honor, honour]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  purity
     Αγγλικά n.
     η καθαρότητα, η αγνότητα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  purity
     n.
     The state or degree of being pure.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Purity
     n.
     (given name en female from=English) from the virtue purity.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  purity
     n.
     The state or degree of being pure.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Purity
     n.
     (given name en female from=English) from the virtue purity.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  purity
     n.
     The state or degree of being pure.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Purity
     n.
     (given name en female from=English) from the virtue purity.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  purity
     n.
     The state or degree of being pure.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Purity
     n.
     (given name en female from=English) from the virtue purity.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  purity
     Englanti n.
     puhtaus

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Purity /pjˈʊəɹɪti/
  النقاوة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  purity //ˈpjɔːɹɪti// //ˈpjɝɪti// //ˈpjʊəɹɪti// //ˈpjʊɹɪti// 
  чистота
  the state of being pure