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Webster 1913 Edition
Lustration
Lus-tra′tion
,Noun.
[L.
lustratio
: cf. F. lustration
.] 1.
The act of lustrating or purifying.
And holy water for
lustration
bring. Dryden.
2.
(Antiq.)
A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lustration
LUSTRA'TION
, n.1.
The act or operation of making clear or pure; a cleansing or purifying by water.And holy water for lustration bring.
2.
In antiquity, the sacrifices or ceremonies by which cities, fields, armies or people defiled by crimes, were purified.