Adjective, : unclean thoughts. ,an unclean animal; unclean persons. From Dictionary.com.
The Levitical law as to uncleanness is fully in force among the Kafirs, and they practise circumcision, but not until the age of puberty. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference
They abhor uncleanness, which is wherever they say it is. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Boy]
We saw once an amusing instance of the notion of uncleanness attached to this species of sheep. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877] Reference
Obj. 2: Further, the uncleanness which is particularly the result of gluttony would seem to be connected with vomiting, according to Isa. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
How far they distinguish in idea this moral kind of uncleanness, from that of their legal appointments, we do not know. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicarious Sacrifice, Grounded in Principles of Universal Obligation.] Reference
He allowed a cause similar to "uncleanness" as reason for putting away the wife, but not for the dissolution of the marriage bond. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference
"uncleanness" and establish some sort of ill-defined relations even with. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Unrest] Reference
I am informed that this is to "wipe off" any uncleanness. From Wordnik.com. [The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo] Reference
For that uncleanness of the land, it shall be corrupted with a grievous corruption. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 38: Micheas The Challoner Revision] Reference
And because Josiah saw the holiness of the Lord he saw the uncleanness of the people. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Wash me clean from all my iniquities, as one washes away uncleanness in the river of Kamo. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I have dealt with them according to their uncleanness, and wickedness, and hid my face from them. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 31: Ezechiel The Challoner Revision] Reference
She severely reprimanded a studied neatness in dress, which she called an uncleanness of the mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
"Wash me clean from all my impurity, O Ama-Terace-Omi-Kami! as one washes away uncleanness in the river of Kamo.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Who despairing have given themselves up to lasciviousness, unto the working of all uncleanness, unto covetousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 56: Ephesians The Challoner Revision] Reference
The live coal from the altar of his Lord's love has touched him and has purged away the uncleanness of his denial. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
The evil of all evil agencies is intensified, and the good of the good ones diminished, by uncleanness and impure air. From Wordnik.com. [Parks for the People Proceedings of a Public Meeting held at Faneuil Hall, June 7, 1876] Reference
And sprinkling with his finger seven times, let him expiate, and sanctify it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
And may expiate the sanctuary from the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and from their transgressions, and all their sins. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
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