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61adulterated — Impure; mingled with or deteriorated by a foreign substance in imitation of the genuine article …
62PURITY AND IMPURITY, RITUAL — (Heb. וְטָהֳרָה טֻמְאָה, tumah ve toharah), a symbolic system according to which a pure person or object is qualified for contact with the Temple and related sancta (holy objects and spaces) while an impure person or object is disqualified from… …
63impur — impur, ure [ ɛ̃pyr ] adj. • XIVe; h. XIIIe lat. impurus ♦ Qui n est pas pur. 1 ♦ (XIVe) Altéré par un mélange; corrompu par des éléments étrangers. Eau impure, boueuse, bourbeuse. ⇒ pollué. Air impur. ⇒ vicié. 2 ♦ Dont la loi religieuse commande… …
64Tzaraath — Part of Judaic series of articles on Ritual purity in Judaism   …
65Pure function — In computer programming, a function may be described as pure if both these statements about the function hold: # The function always evaluates the same result value given the same argument value(s). The function result value cannot depend on any… …
66613 Mitzvot — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism …
67NIDDAH — (Heb. נִדָּה menstruating woman ; literally, one who is excluded or expelled ). According to Jewish law, a man is forbidden to maintain sexual relations with his wife during and for some time both before and after (see below) her menses. Marital… …
68Unclean animals — This article presents religious views on unclean animals. For discussion in relation to specific animals and food, see Taboo food and drink. The pig is considered an unclean animal as food in Judaism and Islam and some Christian denominations.… …
69The 36 tattvas — In Kaśmir Śaivism, the 36 tattvas describe the Absolute, its internal aspects and the creation including living beings, down to the physical reality. The addition of 11 supplemental tattvas compared to the IAST|Sāṃkhya allows for a richer, fuller …
70purification rite — ▪ anthropology Introduction any of the ceremonial acts or customs employed in an attempt to reestablish lost purity or to create a higher degree of purity in relation to the sacred (the transcendental realm) or the social and cultural realm …
