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cleanliness|ˈklɛnlɪnɪs|
[f. cleanly a. + -ness.]
The quality, state, or condition of being cleanly. In the earliest quots. it is used, like the adj., of moral purity.
1430Lydg. Chron. Troy i. v, So is my meaning clean devoyde of syn Grounded and set upon al clenlynesse. 1489Caxton Faytes of A. iv. xvii. 280 White..signifyeth innocencie and clenlines. a1586Sidney (J.), Having no adorning but cleanliness. 1647W. Browne Polex. i. 223 The quicknesse of his hand or cleanlinesse of his touch [on the lute]. 1733Swift Modest Def. Lady's Dressing-room, Cleanliness hath..been esteemed the chief corporal perfection in women. 1735Somerville Chase i. 158 Much to Health will Cleanliness avail. a1791Wesley Serm. lxxxviii. On Dress (1838) III. 15 ‘Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness’. 1851Longfellow Gold. Leg. v. At Foot of Alps, If..cleanliness is godliness, I fear A hopeless reprobate, a hardened sinner, Must be that Carmelite now passing near. |