cleanlinessn.
/ˈklɛnlɪnɪs/ The quality, state, or condition of being cleanly. In the earliest quots. it is used, like the adjective, of moral purity.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun]
cleannessc890
unwemmednessc1175
purity?c1225
shireness?c1225
cleanshipc1230
uncorruptionc1384
purenessa1398
undefoulingnessc1400
whitenessc1400
cleanliness1430
immaculation1509
clearness1526
undefiledness1571
uncorruptness1583
unspottedness1598
intemerateness1607
uncorruptedness1611
candour1612
spotlessness1619
immaculateness1641
candidness1654
unblemishedness1656
intemeration1660
unstainedness1685
pearliness1760
taintlessness1811
stainlessness1862
society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > [noun]
cleannessc890
purity?c1225
chastity1388
cleanliness1430
pureness1607
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [noun]
cleanness1398
cleanliness1590
immaculacy1774
unsulliedness1863
specklessness1882
spotlessness1888
1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. v So is my meaning clean devoyde of syn Grounded and set upon al clenlynesse.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. xvii. 280 White..signifyeth innocencie and clenlines.
1590 Sir P. Sidney Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia i. xvi. f. 70v Having no adorning but cleanlines.
a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) ii. iii. 223 The quicknesse of his hand or cleanlinesse of his touch [on the lute].
1733 J. Swift Modest Def. Lady's Dressing-room Cleanliness hath..been esteemed the chief corporal perfection in women.
1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 158 Much to Health will Cleanliness avail.
a1791 J. Wesley Serm. (1838) III. lxxxviii. 15 ‘Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness’.
1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend v. 241 If..cleanliness is godliness, I fear A hopeless reprobate, a hardened sinner, Must be that Carmelite now passing near.
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