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lustral

lustral adjective: of or pertaining to (ritual) purification.

Adjective

lustral

  1. Of or pertaining to (ritual) purification.
    • So the men change along my changeless stream,
      And change their faiths; but I yield all alike
      Sweet water for their drinking, sweet as wine,
      And pure sweet water for their lustral rites:
      For thirty generations of my corn
      Outlast a generation of my men,
      And thirty generations of my men
      Outlast a...1881, James Thomson (B. V.), A Voice from the Nile
    • lustral days
  2. Of or relating to a lustrum, or period of five years.
    • a lustral cycle

Proper noun capitalized: Lustral

Lustral

  1. (UK) Synonym of Zoloft.
    Synonyms:
    Zoloft

Synonyms of lustral

Origin of lustral

From Latin lūstrālis, from lūstrum (“purificatory sacrifice”); compare French lustral. See lustrum.

Questions about lustral

What does lustral mean?
Lustral means of or pertaining to (ritual) purification.
What part of speech is lustral?
Lustral can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near lustral in the dictionary

  1. lustlessness
  2. lustmaking
  3. Luston
  4. lustra
  5. lustrable
  6. lustral
  7. lustrate
  8. lustrated
  9. lustrates
  10. lustrating
  11. lustratio

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