lustrate

English - Turkish

Definition of lustrate in English Turkish dictionary: törenle günahtan arındır; törenle arıtmak; {f} yıkamak; {f} şartlamak; {f} taharetlenmek
lustration: taharet
lustration: yıkama

English - English

Definition of lustrate in English English dictionary: {v} to cleanse, purify, survey, view; To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify; purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
lustration: A rite of purification, especially washing
lustration: {n} a purification by water, a viewing
lustration: Ceremonial purefication performed before entering a holy place
lustration: The act of lustrating or purifying
lustration: The restoration of credibility to a government by the purging of perpetrators of crimes committed under an earlier regime
lustration: A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified

lustrate

Hyphenation

lus·trate

[ 'l&s-"trAt ] (transitive verb.) 1653. Latin lustratus, past participle of lustrare.

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