Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not made unclean or impure; unsullied; uncorrupted; unpolluted; unimpaired; immaculate; innocent.
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- adjective Free from
stain ,blemish ,evil orcorruption ;immaculate ;uncorrupted .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective free from stain or blemish
- adjective (of language) not having its purity or excellence debased
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Examples
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"My dove, my undefiled is one," says the Song of Solomon (So 6: 9).
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"Other kings have many queens, and concubines, and virgins, with whose conversation they entertain themselves, but my dove, my undefiled, is to me instead of all; in that one I have more than they have in all theirs."
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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And she called the undefiled daughters of the Hebrews, and they led her astray.
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And she called the undefiled daughters of the Hebrews, and they led (attended her).
Word from the Desert 2008
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a fit field for stretching muscles and breathing deeply, a place where their ears may remain undefiled by the harsh words of men who strive to the utmost.
CHAPTER 20 2010
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9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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Permit me, sir, to preserve my honourable way of thinking and my good name undefiled, in any case.
The Double 2003
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Hence such, and such only, are called the undefiled in the way.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658
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But the warning being against lasciviousness, the contrast to "whoremongers and adulterers" in the parallel clause, requires the "in all" in this clause to refer to persons. the bed undefiled -- Translate, as Greek requires "undefiled" to be a predicate, not an epithet, "And let the bed be undefiled."
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Compare "undefiled" and "unspotted from the world," Jas 1: 27; 4: 4, 8,
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