uncleanness

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Distrust, defeat, uncleanness, humiliation, sickness, death, terror, envy, anxiety and contempt.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022

The reform, which bears the name of Zarathrustra, must have extended and increased in Iran the rules for purification and the removal of uncleanness.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max

A dead body is unclean, and the uncleanness extends to things and persons which touch it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

Jesus, then, does not mistake present defilement for habitual impurity, nor partial stain for total uncleanness.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Dods, Marcus

The Ab-i-Khonsar, which supplies the drinking water, percolates through "dead men's bones and all uncleanness."

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)