English - Turkish
Definition of lustrate in English Turkish dictionary
- törenle günahtan arındır
- törenle arıtmak
- {f} yıkamak
- {f} şartlamak
- {f} taharetlenmek
- lustration
- taharet
- lustration
- yıkama
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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
Related Terms
lustrate
Hyphenation
lus·tratePronunciation
Etymology
[ 'l&s-"trAt ] (transitive verb.) 1653. Latin lustratus, past participle of lustrare.Resimler
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