† impurationn.
Obsolete. rare.
The action of making impure; pollution. literal and figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun]
solwinessa1300
befiling1340
filing1340
sulpinga1350
defouling1382
defoula1387
pollutionc1422
inquination1447
contagya1513
coinquination?1550
defiling1585
dirting1591
tainture1609
impuration1614
conspurcation1616
contamination1620
empoisonment1626
defilement1637
contagion1662
dirtying1674
polluting1897
1614 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. 833 The impuration or corruption of the Roman Church.
1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 417 For these happy regions..may it please you to forbid their impuration by the noysome fogges, and mists of those mis-opinions.
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