purification
noun
the act or process of making something pure and free of any contaminating, debasing, or foreign elements.
purifications
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pluralof purification.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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One is an assay that would bypass laborious cell purifications and manipulations by detecting activated T cells in blood samples squirted into tubes premixed with bits of SARS-CoV-2 proteins.
From Scientific American ● May 19, 2022
He pacified his conscience by promising himself a compensatingly harder self-discipline, purifications the more complete and thorough.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
It was sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and its water was used in the religious purifications of the “Pythian Pilgrims.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
Garments, emblems, rites, purifications are the elements of his life now.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover
The purifications were multiplied; the Zend text was inundated with Pehlvi commentaries, often very inconsistent.
From Les Parsis by Ratanbai Ardeshir Vakil
