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# purity

noun (no plural)

«purity» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Purity is the state of being clean and free from dirt or anything mixed in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purity/#m1)
2. Purity is goodness and innocence, being free from wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purity/#m2)

### In the lessons

in science a gold coin or a spring of water is tested for purity; in tales a heroine's purity means her goodness and innocence

### Examples

- The water from the spring had great purity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purity/#x1)
- The gold was tested for purity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purity/#x2)
- The girl's purity made everyone trust her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purity/#x3)
- Mum likes the purity of fresh milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purity/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The text asks the student to fix the "design in its purity", which the tradition reads as keeping the pattern of numbers and letters clear and unmixed. In the primary lessons: in science a gold coin or a spring of water is tested for purity; in tales a heroine's purity means her goodness and innocence

### Examples

- Learn this wisdom, and be wise in the understanding of it, investigate these numbers, and draw knowledge from them, fix the design in its purity, and pass from it to its Creator seated on his throne. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purity/#x1)
- Do homage in purity, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way, when suddenly His wrath is kindled. (Writings PSA.2.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purity/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «purity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purity/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«purity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/purity.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «purity» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purity/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«purity» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/purity.html) on Mova free.