Cleanness
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Cleanness - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
CLEANNESS, n.
1. Freedom from dirt, filth, and foreign matter; neatness.
2. Freedom from infection or a foul disease.
3. Exactness; purity; justness; correctness; used of language or style; as, cleanness of expression.
4. Purity; innocence.
In scripture, cleanness of hands denotes innocence. Cleanness of teeth denotes want of provisions. Amos 4:6.
Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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