We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Lustrate — Lus trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lustrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lustrating}.] [L. lustratus, p. p. of lustrare to lustrate, fr. lustrum. See {Lustrum}.] To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify. [1913 Webster] We must… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lustrated — Lustrate Lus trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lustrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lustrating}.] [L. lustratus, p. p. of lustrare to lustrate, fr. lustrum. See {Lustrum}.] To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify. [1913 Webster] We … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lustration — Lus*tra tion, n. [L. lustratio: cf. F. lustration.] 1. The act of lustrating or purifying. [1913 Webster] And holy water for lustration bring. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. (Antiq.) A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lustrate — transitive verb (lustrated; lustrating) Etymology: Latin lustratus, past participle of lustrare Date: 1653 to purify ceremonially • lustration noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
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lustrate — lustration, n. lustrative /lus treuh tiv/, adj. /lus trayt/, v.t., lustrated, lustrating. to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method. [1615 25; < L lustratus, ptp. of lustrare to purify, illumine. See LUSTER1, ATE1] * * * … Universalium
ablution — n 1. cleansing, purification, purifying, depuration, depurating, purge, purging, mundifying, epuration, lustration, lustrating; decontamination, decontaminating, depollution, depolluting, sanitization, sanitizing, antisepsis; baptizing,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
baptism — n 1. christening, pedobaptism, baptize ment, liturgy, Eccles. sacrament; sprinkling, besprinkling, holy water sprinkle, morning star, aspersion, aspersing, Rom. Cath. Ch.Asperges, affusion; an nointing, Eccles. chrism; immersion, submergence,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
mortifying — adj 1. humiliating, humbling; shameful, disgraceful, Obs. reproachful; disreputable, disfavorable, discreditable. 2. belittling, derogatory, deprecatory, disparaging, depreciatory, demeaning, deflating. 3. confusing, perplexing, bewildering,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
