clean and unclean
Ritually acceptable, forbidden
Clean and unclean is a phrase from religious and ritual contexts, distinguishing what is pure or permitted from what is defiled or forbidden.
In Jewish dietary law, clean animals may be eaten while unclean animals are prohibited.
The distinction extends beyond food to people, objects, and spiritual states: The priest shall pronounce him clean or unclean.
Outside religious contexts, the phrase sometimes appears in discussions of moral or social boundaries.
- dirtyNot clean
- dirty laundryEmbarrassing private matters
- spotlessCompletely free of marks
- filthyThoroughly unclean
- tidyFree from clutter
grimy · sterile · contaminated · pristine · soiled · sanitize · fresh · scrub · tainted · immaculate · spick and span · muddy · hygiene · wash · wash your hands · germs · soap · squalid
- Biblical Ritualsburnt offerings, altar offering, drink offering, thank offering, temple worship
- Mosaic lawMoses, Mosaic law, Ten Commandments, tablets of stone, commandment
- Torah lawsTen Commandments, Sabbath observance, kosher laws, dietary laws, tefillin
- TorahGenesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
- Israelite Worshiptabernacle, Ark of the Covenant, high priest, burnt offering, sin offering
- AdventismSeventh-day Adventist, Adventists, second coming, Sabbath school, blessed hope