| Pronunciation: | 'lustreyt | ||
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| Matching Terms: | lustration | ||
| Definition: | [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 | ||
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| Definition: | \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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