{"def":{"short":"clean (literally or figuratively)","long":["clean, pure",["physically",["purified by fire","in a similitude, like a vine cleansed by pruning and so fitted to bear fruit"],"in a levitical sense",["clean, the use of which is not forbidden, imparts no uncleanness"],"ethically",["free from corrupt desire, from sin and guilt","free from every admixture of what is false, sincere genuine","blameless, innocent","unstained with the guilt of anything"]]]},"deriv":"of uncertain affinity","pronun":{"ipa":"kɑ.θɑˈros","ipa_mod":"kɑ.θɑˈrows","sbl":"katharos","dic":"ka-tha-ROSE","dic_mod":"ka-tha-ROSE"}}