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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Impuritie, n. [e.m.E. impuritie, late ME. -ité, L. impūritas.] Moral impurity. —1596 Dalr. I. 314/29.
The king … conteinet himselfe frome all kynd of impuritie and vncleinnes
