uncleanness

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

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022

Even the uncleanness of the holy brotherhood was an artifice.

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John

Purify, pū′ri-fī, v.t. to make pure: to cleanse from foreign or hurtful matter: to free from guilt or uncleanness: to free from improprieties or barbarisms, as language.—v.i. to become pure:—pa.t. and pa.p. pū′rifīed.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Hence this uncleanness must belong to the same day on which it was incurred.

From A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version by Robertson, Archibald Thomas

On the first day of the feast, David’s absence passed unnoticed, Saul being under the impression that he had acquired ceremonial uncleanness.

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden