About The Word Lustrate
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Lustrate
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What's The Definition Of Lustrate?
[v] purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
Synonyms | Synonyms for Lustrate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Lustrate: See Also | purge | purify | sanctify Lustrate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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