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pureness|ˈpjʊənɪs|
[f. pure a. + -ness.]
The quality of being pure; purity.
1. Freedom from admixture; simplicity, homogeneity.
c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 322 Þis soft metell led, nat of so gret puernesse. a1618Raleigh (J.), An essence..of absolute pureness and simplicity. 1675R. Vaughan Coinage 14 A proof of the pureness of the metal. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. v. 240 His knowledg..remaineth in the Pureness & Simplicity of its Presence.
2. Freedom from defilement or blemish; cleanness; faultlessness, correctness.
1528Paynell Salerne's Regim. O ij b, Many fynnes and skales betoken the purenes of the fyshes substance. a1568R. Ascham Scholem. ii. (Arb.) 144 In all this good proprietie of wordes, and purenesse of phrases which be in Terence. a1698Temple Ess. A. & M. Learn. Wks. 1760 I. 157 Great Pureness of Air, and Equality of Climate.
3. Freedom from moral blemish; innocence; sincerity; chastity.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xiv. xxxv. (1495) 480 Mount Synay hyghte the mount of purenesse and of clennesse, for none myght come to the mount but those that were clene in bodi and in soule. 1526Tindale 2 Cor. i. 12 With godly purenes. 1591Spenser Daphn. xxx, She in purenesse heauen it self did pas. 1624Quarles Sion's Sonn. xv. 7 Virgin pureness. 1708H. Dodwell Nat. Mort. Hum. Souls 149 To manage all Disputes..with..Pureness from Humane Passions. 1840Clough Dipsychus i. ii. 41 And thou, clear heaven, Look pureness back into me.
4. Ceremonial cleanness.
[Cf. quot. 1398 in 3].1607Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. i. ii. 78 Holy purenes from all communion with vncleane Gentiles. 1643Milton Divorce ii. vi. Wks. 1851 IV. 77 Inflicting death..for the mark of a circumstantiall purenes omitted. |