Unclean

Unclean may refer to:

  • Unclean animals, those whose consumption or handling is labeled a taboo
  • Unclean food, in Jewish dietary custom
  • Unclean hands, a term in contract law
  • Unclean (song), from 1984
  • Unclean spirit, in Christianity
  • Unclean vocals, in metal or punk music

Famous quotes containing the word unclean:

    “My name is Legion; for we are many.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Mark 5:9.

    An unclean spirit.

    “What is this? A new teaching -with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Mark 1:27.

    Of Jesus after he had exorcized an unclean spirit.

    “An unclean person is universally a slothful one.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)