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Lustrate

verb
(past & past part. lustrated; pres. part. lustrating)
1.
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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"Lustrate" Quotes from Famous Books



... su'gest this turn-up with Curly Bill to 'lustrate that it's about as I says, an' that while Slim Jim's reluctant an' hesitatin' in the presence of wild steers, an' can't adhere to a pony much, this yere girlishness don't extend to men none; which last he faces prompt an' ...
— Wolfville • Alfred Henry Lewis


Words linked to "Lustrate" :   sanctify, purify, lustrum, purge


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