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单词 lustral
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lustraladj.n.

Brit. /ˈlʌstr(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈləstrəl/
Etymology: < Latin lūstrālis, < lūstrum lustrum n.
A. adj.
1. Pertaining to the Roman lustrum n. or purificatory sacrifice; hence, pertaining to, of the nature of, or used in rites of purification; purificatory.
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society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > purification > [adjective]
lustral1533
a day februate1610
purificatory1610
lustrical day1623
lustrating1653
lustrific1656
lustrant1895
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (S.T.S.) iii. vii. 270 Þe capitoll was purgit be þe Sacrifice lustrale.
1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra ii. iv. 250 He [sc. Julian]..caused their Meats and Drinks to be sprinkled or mixed with the lustral Water.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. (Notes) xv. p. lxviii The assistants were sprinkled with lustral water.
1783 T. Wilson Archæol. Dict. Lustral day, or dies lustricus amongst the Romans, was the day on which lustrations were performed for a child, and the name given.
1851 A. H. Layard Pop. Acct. Discov. Nineveh x. 251 Copper lustral spoons.
1853 C. Merivale Fall Rom. Republic iv. 133 The assassin..coolly washed his hands in the lustral waters of a neighbouring temple.
1862 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies I. vi. 480 A lustral Ewer.
1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist v. §2. 278 The Hindu worship has always consisted largely in lustral rites.
2. Occurring every five years; quinquennial.
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the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > occurring every specific number of years
quinquennal1532
quinquennial1601
five-yearly1619
centenary1620
septennial1640
triannual1640
triennial1642
septennary1644
sexennial1646
trieterical1646
novennial1656
octennial1656
trieteric1656
quinquennalian1692
quadrenniala1700
biennial1750
sexennary1753
lustral1781
centennial1797
quaternal1813
sextennial1814
septendecennial1834
septemdecenary1843
undecennarya1847
bicentenary1862
bicentennial1883
quadricentennial1889
trigintennial1894
twelve-yearly1906
vigintennial1921
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xviii. 71 As this general tax upon industry was collected every fourth year, it was stiled the Lustral Contribution.
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules i, in tr. Gaius Institutes 361 Those..who, at the lustral census in Rome,..gave in their names for enrolment as Roman citizens.
B. n.
A lustrum or period of five years. Obsolete.
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the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years > in different cultures or calendars
Julian period1592
saros1613
octaeteris1645
lustrala1656
biennium1699
Dionysian period1728
Victorian cycle1728
Sothic cycle or period1828
katun1902
a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 807 When to this time five lustrals I had seen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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