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
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
