Ceremonially+pure

  • 51unclean — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. soiled, sullied, stained, spotted, filthy, bedraggled, smeared, befouled, nasty, grimy, polluted, rank, unhealthful, defiled, impure, nonkosher, muddy, fetid, feculent, stinking, rotten, vile, decayed, contaminated,… …

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  • 52frankincense — /ˈfræŋkənsɛns/ (say frangkuhnsens) noun an aromatic gum resin from various Asian and African trees of the genus Boswellia, especially B. carteri, used chiefly for burning as incense or ceremonially. {Middle English franke ensens, from Old French… …

  • 53un|clean´ness — un|clean «uhn KLEEN», adjective. 1. not clean; dirty; soiled; filthy. 2. not pure morally; evil: »Woe is me!…because I am a man of unclean lips (Isaiah 6:5). 3. not ceremonially clean: »The Gentiles were no longer common or unclean ( …

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  • 54un|clean — «uhn KLEEN», adjective. 1. not clean; dirty; soiled; filthy. 2. not pure morally; evil: »Woe is me!…because I am a man of unclean lips (Isaiah 6:5). 3. not ceremonially clean: »The Gentiles were no longer common or unclean ( …

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  • 55PORTUGAL — PORTUGAL, southwesternmost country of continental Europe, in the Iberian Peninsula. Jewish settlement in the area began prior to Portugal s emergence as a nation. The existence of a significant Jewish settlement on the peninsula by 300 C.E. is… …

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