Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pure; undefiled.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Pure; undefiled.
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- adjective rare
pure ,undefiled ,chaste
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pryor also had some nasty anti gay views, and managed to be fairly intemerate in his zealous defense of the women of Alabama from evil vibrating massagers.
Judges and religion: the Young-Bainbridge debate. Ann Althouse 2005
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Lastly, this commandment conveys the obligation to dissent from, and reject, every superstition and every error, requiring us to preserve pure and intemerate the adoration due to the Supreme Being, who, in this sense, is represented in this text as jealously watching over human actions, and a not indifferent spectator of good or evil; therefore a sure punisher of the guilty, and an eternal remunerator of him who faithfully adheres to His law.
A Guide for the Religious Instruction of Jewish Youth Isaac Samuele Reggio
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At the foot of the throne are angels playing musical instruments, above in the curve of the arch are cherubim and the inscription, "Ave virginiei flos intemerate pudoris".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Anno a natali partu intemerate Uirginis wnagefimo tcrcio cum Quadragefimo fupra mlllcfimum XII.
Annales typographici ab artis inventae origine (ad annum MDXXXVI).: ab artis inventae origine ad ... 1795
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