Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being pure; purity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being pure (in any sense of the adjective).
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- noun The quality of being
pure ;purity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
- noun a woman's virtue or chastity
- noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
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Examples
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All well-inspired souls will perceive the profound natural truth of the idea of pureness, and will be sure, therefore, that the more boldly it is challenged the more sharply and signally will experience mark its truth.
Matthew Arnold Russell, G W E 1904
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All well-inspired souls will perceive the profound natural truth of the idea of pureness, and will be sure, therefore, that the more boldly it is challenged the more sharply and signally will experience mark its truth.
Matthew Arnold George William Erskine Russell 1886
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The air was chilly too, and had a kind of pureness, and a sweet smell from the pines around.
The Unicorn Trade Anderson, Poul and Karen 1984
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Does virtue imply the achieved state of purification or does the mere process suffice to it, Virtue being something of less perfection than the accomplished pureness which is almost the Term?
The Six Enneads. Plotinus 1952
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But by "pureness" here, he means either chasteness again, or general purity, or incorruptness, or even his preaching the Gospel freely.
NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889
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I've used it for years and years, but I've made a commitment to start buying greener, more natural products and though it does contain "pureness" in the name, Shiseido is not, I think, a green brand.
BlogHer 2009
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His offense is also known to improve the productivity and "pureness" of point guards.
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I've used it for years and years, but I've made a commitment to start buying greener, more natural products and though it does contain "pureness" in the name, Shiseido is not, I think, a green brand.
BlogHer 2009
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A new controversy over Dove's "Campaign for real beauty" ads is brewing as questions arise over the "pureness" of the images of women in the ad.
5 Blogs Before Lunch 2009
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They are beautiful in their mystery, the pureness that comes from being ultimately so untouched by human hands.
Margaret Weinberg: What is the Use of Space Exploration? Margaret Weinberg 2012
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