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.
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