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lustrate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb lustrate has 1 sense
- lustrate(v = verb.change) Array - purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials; Array is one way to purge, purify, sanctify
Derived form noun lustrum2
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
lustrate, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
"We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lustrate, v.tr. purify by expiatory sacrifice, ceremonial washing, or other such rite.
Derivative
lustration n.
Etymology
L lustrare (as LUSTRUM)
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