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Purify ceremonially
Answer for the clue "Purify ceremonially ", 8 letters:
lustrate
Word definitions for lustrate in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. We must purge, and cleanse, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.
Usage examples of lustrate.
Did the holy man lustrate this chamber, for wherever Lovell trod Sathanas walked in his tracks?
It was lustrated by prayer and tears, and the bones of Lovell were laid in hallowed earth.