uncleanness

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Compare the following almost unbelievable rubbish— "As we with water wash away Uncleanness from our flesh, And sometimes often in a day Ourselves are fain to wash."

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George

It had assisted Archagathas, the son of Agathocles, and the Eaters of Uncleanness found arms there at once.

From Salammbo by Flaubert, Gustave

Thus, in 1658, "A Person of Quality" published in London a small pamphlet dedicated to the Lord Protector, entitled A Remedy for Uncleanness.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Ellis, Havelock

Uncleanness, and holiness blent in taboo, 173; caused by contact with a corpse, 312 sq.,

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir

The point is elaborated in the same author's Religion of Semites, second edition, Appendix on "Holiness, Uncleanness, and Taboo," pp. 446-54.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Ellis, Havelock