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purité (s.xii1)
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purité (s.xii1)

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purté,  purted,  purtet,  purretee,  puurté  
  FEW:  puritas 9,616a Gdf:  pureté 6,469b GdfC:  pureté 10,449b TL: purté 7,2101 DEAF:  purté  DMF:  pureté  TLF:  pureté  OED:  purity n.  MED:  purite n.  DMLBS:  puritas 2583c

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pureness, freedom from contaminants or impurities: 
( MS: s.xiv2 )  boilleroi ta roisne a purretee  Bible hackett (A) 219
♦theol.(moral or spiritual) purity, sinlessness: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  E gueredurrat a mei li Sire sulunc la meie justise, e sulunc la purtet de mes mains en le esguardement de ses oilz  Oxf Ps ANTS 51.17.27
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Simple est noté en folie U en purted d'oneste vie  Salemon 3132
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  en sa pure subtilité E sa soutive purité  Dial Greg SATF 16376
( MS: s.xiii-s.xiv )  Duz est (=J.C.) en purté de vie  Lyric 176.103

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See also:

pur1  purement  purisme 
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