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  1. 1. n. The condition of being pure. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. a woman's virtue or chastity Source: wordnet
  10. 10. 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. PURKINJE'S CELLS Pur"kin*je's cells`. Etym: [From J. E. Purkinje, their discoverer.] (Anat.) Large ganglion cells forming a layer near the surface of the cerebellum. Source: webster
  11. 11. The condition of being pure. Specifically:(a) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, thepurity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.(b) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt. "The purity of a linenvesture." 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 wordsor phrases; as, purity of style. Source: adambom
  12. 12. n:100 n. being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material n. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil Source: ecdict

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