unpurified

English

Etymology

un- + purified

Adjective

unpurified (comparative more unpurified, superlative most unpurified)

  1. Not purified; impure
    • 1990, Fred B. Eiseman, Jr., Bali: Sekala and Niskala, Tuttle Publishing, page 80:
      There are records of bitter village conflicts in which Pande families were denied the right to bury their dead in the village cemetery because the families did not obtain holy water from pedandas, and the villagers said the unpurified bodies would contaminate the cemetery.

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