The Collaborative International Dictionary
Purificatory
Purificatory \Pu*rif"i*ca*to*ry\, a. [L. purificatorius.] Serving or tending to purify; purificative.
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purificatory
a. That purify; purificative
Usage examples of "purificatory".
I was doing a kind of purificatory labor for King Proetus, perhaps unnecessary, but a good trial run in any case for whatever true labors lay ahead.
A day or two you shall have digestives Of worms before you take your laxatives Of laurel, centuary, and fumitory, Or else of hellebore purificatory, Or caper spurge, or else of dogwood berry, Or herb ivy, all in our yard so merry.