Meaning of tainture | Babel Free

Definitions

Dirtiness; uncleanliness; contamination, tainting.

obsolete

Examples

“Gloster, ſee here the Taincture of thy Neſt, And looke thy ſelfe be faultleſſe, thou wert beſt.”

“Dem[etrius]. Now Princes, your demands? Sel[eucus]. Peace, if it may bee Without the too much tainture of our honour: […]”

“But, woe is me, other creatures are fraile too, none but man is sinfull; our soule is not more excellent, than this tainture of it, is odious, and deadly […]”

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