epuration

American  

[ep-yuh-rey-shuhn] / ˌɛp jəˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

1. a purification or purge, as of government officials considered disloyal or treacherous.

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Etymology

Origin of epuration

1790–1800; < French, equivalent to épur ( er ) to purify ( see e- ¹, pure) + -ation -ation

Example Sentences

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epuration

After this withdrawal, which in the times of the French Convention would have been called an epuration, the Irish Parliament became the bane of the country.

From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Thebaud, Augustus J.

So thorough was the weeding, M. Charmes tells us, that, 'even the rural constables had not escaped, and the epuration policy had carried terror and anarchy into all branches of the public service.'

From France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by Hurlbert, William Henry

For M. Gabriel Charmes is quite in the right when he says that 'under this word of "epuration" lie concealed the most deplorable forms of personal greed, and the least avowable personal spites and rancours.'

From France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by Hurlbert, William Henry