n.;
Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit. Buckminster. [ 1913 Webster ]
Foul impurities reigned among the monkish clergy. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. purete, purte, OF. purté, F. pureté, from L. puritas, fr. purus pure. See Pure. ] The condition of being pure. Specifically: