purify
verb (used with object)
to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates.
purificatory
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a word derived from
purify.
Example Sentences
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Against these demons the sufferer seeks protection by means of formulas, the utterance of which is invested with peculiar power, and again by means of certain rites of an expiatory or purificatory character.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
The purificatory power of fire was, doubtless, a fact of early observation.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
In the case of Orestes, for example, there is the madness which led to his capture, and his deliverance by means of the purificatory rite.
From The Poetics of Aristotle by S. H. (Samuel Henry) Butcher
In the philosophy of Plato, on the other hand, punishment was chiefly expiatory and purificatory.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
The Greeks, in their purificatory rites, sacrifice dogs, and often make use of what is called Periskylakismos.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart
