purgation
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Origin of purgation
1325–75; Middle English purgacioun (< Anglo-French ) < Latin pūrgātiōn- (stem of pūrgātiō ) a cleansing, purging, equivalent to pūrgāt ( us ) (past participle of pūrgāre to make clean or pure, derivative of pūrus pure ) + -iōn- -ion
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Now, when they first come out, they are as poor as ever any Creatures were; for you must know several die under this diabolical Purgation.
I accordingly wrote him that I had exhausted my ability to provide for him, and advised him to return to his uncle Boggs on the Purgation to assist him in his cattle and sheep ranche.
From The Life of Kit Carson Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A. by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
This way of Purgation is of the same nature with the old Ordeals of the Pagans.
From The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches by Mather, Cotton
Nothing less will serve you here than that drastic remodelling of character which the mystics call "Purgation," the second stage in the training of the human consciousness for participation in Reality.
From Practical Mysticism A Little Book for Normal People by Underhill, Evelyn
Those whom Dante saw ascending from terrace to terrace of the Mount of Purgation were in all stages continuously and truly themselves.
From Modern Religious Cults and Movements by Atkins, Gaius Glenn
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