Definitions

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  • adjective archaic morally blemished.
  • adjective (Religion) ritually unclean. Opposite of clean.

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  • adjective impure; dirty
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of defile.

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  • adjective morally blemished; stained or impure

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Examples

  • The one who became defiled, _was defiled_, whether intentionally or not; GOD'S requirement was absolute, and where not fulfilled the vow was broken; the sin-offering had to be offered, and the service recommenced.

    Separation and Service or Thoughts on Numbers VI, VII. James Hudson Taylor 1868

  • As Kenneth spoke, I had something of an intellectual breakthrough, a glimpse of understanding about my own sexuality, and it all hinged on the word defiled.

    Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004

  • Or tear their name defiled from Slavery's mournful page.

    Mosaics of Grecian History Marcius Willson

  • He would not have her name defiled in the mouths of such men as drank his wine daily and nightly, and disputed the existence of any virtue in woman.

    The Golden Dog William Kirby 1861

  • Or tear their name defiled from Slavery's mournful page.

    Childe Harold's Pilgrimage George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • Or tear their name defiled from Slavery's mournful page.

    The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • Or tear their name defiled from Slavery’s mournful page.

    Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 2007

  • And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen hands, they found fault.

    Mark 7. 1999

  • And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

    Jesus of Nazareth, A Biography, by John Mark

  • No homely Boston phrase defiled their anglicized lips, their great collars stood up under their chins in an ecstasy of stiffness, and their shirt - fronts bore two buttons, avoiding the antiquity of three and the vulgarity of one.

    An American Politician 1881

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