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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Purification \Pu`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n. [F. purification, L. purificatio. See Purify.]
The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals.
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The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.
When the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished.
--Luke ii. 22. A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., originally especially in reference to Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, from Old French purificacion, from Latin purificationem (nominative purificatio) "a purifying," noun of action from past participle stem of purificare (see purify). General sense from 1590s.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurity. 2 A religious act in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
WordNet
n. the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) [syn: refining, refinement]
a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites [syn: purgation]
the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing; "purification through repentance"
Wikipedia
Purification is the process of rendering something pure, i.e. clean of foreign elements and/or pollution, and may refer to:
- List of purification methods in chemistry
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Water purification
- Organisms used in water purification
- Purification of quantum state in quantum mechanics, especially quantum information
- Purification theorem in game theory and economics, a Nash equilibrium consisting of randomly mixed strategies
- Ritual purification, the religious activity to remove uncleanliness
- Purification of the Virgin, a Christian liturgical feast
- Purification Rundown in Scientology, a procedure that supposedly rids the body of toxins
- Purification, a 2002 Crimson Thorn album
- Sweat lodge
Purification is the third full-length album by Crimson Thorn.
Purification is an independent supernatural thriller film written, directed, and produced by Joseph Ciminera. The film had its world premiere on 13 January 2012 and it was given a limited theatrical release on 6 April 2012. Purification stars Ciminera as Bret, a ruthless New York real-estate developer who begins to experience terrifying visions of souls trapped in limbo for the sins they committed in life.
Usage examples of "purification".
In each organ separation and purification of the blood are effected and removal of the heterogeneous, not to mention how the heart sends its blood up to the brain after purification in the lungs, which is done by the arteries called carotids, and how the brain returns the blood, now vivified, to the vena cava just above where the thoracic duct brings in the chyle, and so back again to the heart.
The ion exchange resin of the purification system, he knew, kept the radioactive particles in the nuclear coolant down to a minimum.
Properties and Composition -- Preparation of Raw Materials: Disaggregation -- Purification -- Preparation of Bodies: By Plastic Method -- By Dry Method -- By Liquid Method -- Formation, Processes of Formation: Throwing -- Expression -- Moulding by Hand, on the Jolley, by Compression, by Slip Casting -- Slapping -- Slipping -- Drying.
The second purification effected in her by the Holy Ghost was by means of the conception of Christ which was the operation of the Holy Ghost.
But Sandy was a witch, and Natil, as far as Sandy was concerned, was a witch, too, and so this feast of the first noticeable lengthening of daylight after the long darkness of the Winter Solstice, of the purification that went hand in hand with a preparation for the coming spring, had to be kept, even if it were kept a little late.
Sacred baths and preparatory baptisms were used, lustrations, immersions, lustral sprinklings, and purifications of every kind.
What was known, via a letter from Nigel Bentley, the Harlow administrator, was that the British technical achievement involved purification of a brain peptide mixture obtained from rats, and maze tests on rats had shown it to be effective in improving the memories of older animals.
Does virtue imply the achieved state of purification or does the mere process suffice to it, Virtue being something of less perfection than the accomplished pureness which is almost the Term?
We learn from Plato, that it was also necessary for the soul to be purified from every stain: and that the purification necessary was such as gave virtue, truth, wisdom, strength, justice, and temperance.
Instead of trying to push ahead in Sadhana, it is better to give time to the preparation for Yoga which is the preliminary purification of the Adhar-the nature-mould.
In my reference to sun baths in the preceding chapter on Blood Purification I placed special emphasis upon the value of light as a vitalizing and stimulating factor in life and health.
It is therefore clear that she was not bound to fulfil that precept, but fulfilled the observance of purification of her own accord, as stated above.
The zeal of Damophilus, which in a Catholic saint would have been justly applauded, embraced, without hesitation, a life of poverty and exile, and his removal was immediately followed by the purification of the Imperial city.
Living religious traditions begin to degenerate when their followers replace effective spiritual purification, attentional training, and contemplative inquiry with sterile liturgies, ritualistic meditations, and contemplative exercises pursued with the sense that the practitioner already knows their outcome.
Finally, when she had run out of ablutions and could find no further acts of purification or beautification to perform, she reached for her nightgown and slipped it on.