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
“Purifications” teaches how purifications are to be effected.
From Hebrew Literature by Epiphanius Wilson
According to Plato, it was an orphic doctrine that there were certain deliverances and purifications which availed also for the dead.
From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
The Pythia, before she ascended the tripod, was a long time preparing for it by sacrifices, purifications, a fast of three days, and many other ceremonies.
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Charles Rollin
