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- proper noun A female
given name from the virtuepurity .
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Examples
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Yes indeed, Purity is important in the Republical Partyl Joesph Goebels, Von Ribenstoff, Reinhard Heidrich must be looking up from hell and feeling proud of the Republican Party.
RNC resolution won't 'handcuff' Steele, co-sponsor says 2009
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Purity is nice in a soap but in politics it is called giving my children and grandchildren a wasteland and calling that a “moral victory”.
Reviewing the October fundraising numbers. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Purity is also understood within the context of perfecting character - no hidden agenda there.
A question of faith 2008
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Note, Purity is the way to unity; the reformation of manners is the way to a comprehension.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Generally, as far as I know, “anthropological” explanations like Mary Douglas’ in Purity and Danger – simplifying, that food laws order the natural world according to divine plan – are far better accepted in the academy.
Matthew Yglesias » Avigdor Lieberman Boosted By Pro-Pork Backlash 2009
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This is also known as the Purity Spiral, wherein the density of wingnut increases compared to mainstream conservatives to the point of pure wingnut.
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Du Pont, for example, created a central laboratory called Purity Hall – and by the late 1940s more than half of its sales came from products that had been introduced in the previous two decades.
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Some of them have been visited by the prayerful participants in so-called Purity Sieges.
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The employment of Phlox as pot plants has already been alluded to, but special mention must be made of Purity, which is by far the most valuable of all the varieties for blooming indoors.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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The next religious symptom which I will note is what have called Purity of Life.
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