Thesaurus: lustrate
To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.
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- v. t. To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.
- v. purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
- To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify. We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city. Hammond.
- To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; topurify.We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city. Hammond.
- v. purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials