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n. - Moral corruption or pollution; A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse.

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Usage examples (30)
  • 9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter.
  • The Greek of it, and of "filthiness," occurs nowhere else in the New
  • When shall I rest, and be cleansed from the filthiness which is gone forth out of me?
  • As silver is an emblem of purity, brass typifies "filthiness," because it easily contracts rust.
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