lustration
/lʌsˈtɹeɪʃən/
lustration noun: a rite of purification, especially washing.
Noun
lustration (countable and uncountable, plural lustrations)
- A rite of purification, especially washing.
- It will be remembered, that this beautiful Island was sacred to the ancient Greeks, from having been the birth-place of Apollo and Diana. None were born or died there—the mothers and the dying were carried to the neighbouring islet of Rhane. Solemn expeditions, with much priestly pomp, were...1830, Felicia Hemans, A Song of Delos, footnote, from The Winter's Wreath, 1831, page 49
- The restoration of credibility to a government by the purging of perpetrators of crimes committed under an earlier regime.
lustration meaning in Tamil
lustration in Tamil
- இதிகாசம்
Forms of lustration
| plural | lustrations |
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Origin of lustration
Borrowed from Latin lustratio.
Words formed from lustration
- lustral
- lustrical
- lustrational
Questions about lustration
- What does lustration mean?
- Lustration means a rite of purification, especially washing.
- What is lustration in Tamil?
- Lustration in Tamil is இதிகாசம். See Lustration meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lustration?
- Lustration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lustration?
- Lustration is pronounced /lʌsˈtɹeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of lustration?
- The plural of lustration is lustrations.
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