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lustrate

[ luhs-treyt ]

verb (used with object)

lustrated, lustrating.
  1. to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.


lustrate

/ 藞l蕦str蓹t瑟v; 藞l蕦stre瑟t /

verb

  1. tr to purify by means of religious rituals or ceremonies
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 濒耻蝉藞迟谤补迟颈辞苍, noun
  • lustrative, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 濒耻蝉路迟谤补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
  • 濒耻蝉路迟谤补路迟颈惫别 [luhs, -tr, uh, -tiv], adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lustrate1

1615鈥25; < Latin 濒奴蝉迟谤腻迟耻蝉, past participle of 濒奴蝉迟谤腻谤别 to purify, illumine. See luster 1, -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lustrate1

C17: from Latin 濒奴蝉迟谤腻谤别 to brighten
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Example Sentences

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But universities, especially but not exclusively private schools, such as Stanford, have few incentives to lustrate.

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鈥淏y them lustrated, and the potent song 鈥淣ine times repeated, earthly taints to cleanse, 鈥淭hey bade me 'neath an hundred gushing streams 鈥淭o place my bosom.

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There was a man from the Great Kanawha to Williamsport 't other day鈥攁 storekeeper鈥攁 big, fat man with a beard like Abraham's in the 'lustrated Bible.

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The fire-fountain was lustrated with the waters of the Ganges;2 expiatory rites were performed, and after a protracted debate among the gods it was resolved that Indra should initiate the work of recreation.

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An interesting feature of this ceremony is that the center of the floor, the place intended for the doorway, and one or more of the posts, are lustrated with the blood of the victim.

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