impurity
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Impurity in a piece of meat sickens those who eat it.
From The Guardian • Jan. 27, 2018
Impurity of the air by means of lamps and candles.
From The Young Mother Management of Children in Regard to Health by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
Impecunious ghosts, hard fate of, 406 Impurity, ceremonial, of manslayer, 229 sq.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir
That all Metals were generated by the said Spirit, and differ'd from one another, but according 110 to the Purity or Impurity of the Matrices which receiv'd it.
From A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country by Brunt, Captain Samuel
Impurity works like leaven, which affects everything in a man.
From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett
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