Crossword clues for lustrate
lustrate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lustrate
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, and lustrate the whole
city.
--Hammond.
Wiktionary
lustrate
vb. To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.
WordNet
lustrate
v. purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
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.