Defilement definition

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The act of defiling.
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The state of being defiled.
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(military) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
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Noun

Singular:
defilement
Plural:
defilements

Defilement Sentence Examples

  • To touch a leper was forbidden, and the offence involved ceremonial defilement.

  • In this caste, however, as in all others, there are certain kinds of occupation to which a member could not turn for a livelihood without incurring serious defilement.

  • The term " holiness " in this connexion consists positively in the fulfilment of ceremonial obligations and negatively in abstaining from the defilement caused by heathen customs and superstitions, but it also includes obedience to the moral requirements of the religion of Yahweh.

  • Forrest in the Indian government records have shown that the sepoys' fears of defilement by biting the new cartridges had a considerable foundation in fact.

  • By John 's time Jewish ceremonial washings were connected with cleansing from defilement.

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