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purificatory
pu·ri·fy P0668500 (pyo͝or′ə-fī′)tr.v. pu·ri·fied, pu·ri·fy·ing, pu·ri·fies 1. To rid of impurities: purify water.2. To rid of foreign or objectionable elements: tried to purify the party of its dissenters.3. To free from moral or spiritual defilement: rituals to purify the soul.
[Middle English purifien, from Old French purifier, from Latin pūrificāre : pūrus, clean; see pure + -ficāre, -fy.]
pu·rif′i·ca·to′ry (pyo͝o-rĭf′ĭ-kə-tôr′ē) adj.pu′ri·fi′er n.ThesauruspurificatoryadjectiveServing to purify of sin:expiatory, lustral, lustrative, purgative, purgatorial.Translations
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Synonyms for purificatoryadj serving to purify of sinSynonyms- expiatory
- lustral
- lustrative
- purgative
- purgatorial
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