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Definition of Defilements
1. defilement [n] - See also: defilement
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defilements
Literary usage of Defilements
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Goodwin, D.D. by Thomas Goodwin (1865)
"The corruption and defilements of ... demonstrated.t Now here only I shall shew
the positive defilements of conscience in some particulars, and shall frame ..."
2. Manual of Biblical Archaeology by Carl Friedrich Keil (1887)
"... regarding defilements and Purifications. With the view of impressing the mind
with a profound idea of the nature of sin and its consequences, ..."
3. The Historical Reader: Designed for the Use of Schools and Families, on a by John Lauris Blake (1824)
"... Contracts defilements not to be endur'd. BATTLE OF MARATHON. 1. THE Persian
army, commanded by Datis, consisted of 100000 foot, and 10000 horse. ..."
4. Morning and Evening Exercises: Selected from the Published and Unpublished by Henry Ward Beecher, Lyman Abbott (1874)
"Through passions, through temptations, through defilements, through darkness^
through weakness, through mortal hinderances, we are pressing toward it. ..."
5. Living Buddhist Masters by Jack Kornfield (1998)
"The phrase defilements of insight means that the practitioner has attained to
this degree of insight knowledge, and then experiences subtle defilements. ..."
6. The Remnant Found by Jacob Samuel (1841)
"No daily prayers for eleven months after the decease of a parent called Din1
tt»np, no cutting the garment called ynp.* defilements. ..."
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