uncleanness

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

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022

We are here moving in a realm of ideas prevailing in ancient Israel respecting holiness, uncleanness and sin, which are ceremonial and not ethical; see especially Robertson Smith’s Religion of the Semites, 2nd ed., p.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

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

They destroy the altars, after having defiled them with their uncleanness....

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin

The fear of uncleanness and pollution, and the methods of cleansing that were advisable, constituted another source of power for the knowledgeable men and women.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)