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Lustrate

Lustrate Meaning & Definition
Lustrate Definition And Meaning

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

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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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