LUSTRATION

Etymology

Noun

lustration (countable and uncountable, plural lustrations)

(religion) A rite of purification, especially washing.

(politics, law) The restoration of credibility to a government by the purging of perpetrators of crimes committed under an earlier regime.

Source: Wiktionary


Lus*tra"tion, n. Etym: [L. lustratio: cf. F. lustration.]

1. The act of lustrating or purifying. And holy water for lustration bring. Dryden.

2. (Antiq.)

Definition: A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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