a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
the process by which a person unclean, according to the Levitical law, and thereby cut off from the sanctuary and the festivals, was restored to the enjoyment of all these privileges
the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing; "purification through repentance" a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
{i} sanctification, act of expiating sins; act of cleansing; disinfection; distillation, refinement
a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites