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Purification

Purification Meaning & Definition
Purification Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Purification?

[n] the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing; "purification through repentance"
[n] a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
[n] the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
[n] the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Purification: refinement | refining

Related Terms | Find terms related to Purification:

See Also | ceremony | cleaning | cleansing | cleanup | processing | purgation | purge | purging | rectification

Purification In Webster's Dictionary

\Pu`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n. [F. purification, L. purificatio. See {Purify}.] 1. The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals. 2. The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement. When the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished. --Luke ii. 22. 3. A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.

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