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struggling to live a life of purity while surrounded by wickedness
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Expectations of sanitation competed with early-20th-century ideas about purity and propriety.
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Jacob Beckert, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2025
In Christianity, doves are associated with the Holy Spirit and symbolize purity and faith.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
The cloth is white, symbolizing the purity of their motives when answering the call to serve.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
Possibly part of a dowry paid to China’s Guangxu Emperor by a consort in the 1880s, the artifact has long been associated with female purity, fertility and abundance.
—Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
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Jacob Beckert, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2025
In Christianity, doves are associated with the Holy Spirit and symbolize purity and faith.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
The cloth is white, symbolizing the purity of their motives when answering the call to serve.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
Possibly part of a dowry paid to China’s Guangxu Emperor by a consort in the 1880s, the artifact has long been associated with female purity, fertility and abundance.
—Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Purity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purity. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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purity
noun
pu·ri·ty
ˈpyu̇r-ət-ē 
1
: the quality or state of being pure : freedom from impurities
2
: freedom from guilt or sin
Medical Definition
purity
noun
pu·ri·ty
ˈpyu̇r-ət-ē
: the quality or state of being pure
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