In dictionaries:
racial purity
Synonym of racial hygiene
Chemical purity
In chemistry, chemical purity is the measurement of the amount of impurities found in a sample.
optical purity
color purity
excitation purity
attic purity
Clarity and elegance in language.
blood purity
blood purity (harry potter)
Brethren of Purity
The (also The Brethren of Sincerity) a secret societyThey are generally considered a secret society because of their closed and private meetings every 12 days, as mentioned in the Rasa'il. of Muslim philosophers in Basra, Iraq,Al-Fārūq?, I. R., "On the Ethics of the Brethren of Purity", The Muslim World, 50: 109–121.
purity ring
A ring (piece of jewellery) representing a Christian religious vow to abstain from sexual intercourse until marriage.
purity test
An informal survey that assesses the participant's supposed degree of innocence in worldly matters, such as sex, drugs, and deceit.
Purity ball
A formal dance event attended by fathers and their teenage daughters to promote virginity until marriage; mostly among conservative Christian groups in the United States.
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