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PURGE |
Purification |
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LAVATION |
Purification |
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EPURATION |
Purification. |
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FEBRUATION |
Purification; a sacrifice. |
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LUSTRICAL |
Pertaining to, or used for, purification. |
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DISINFECTION |
The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting
matter. |
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SUBLIMATION |
The act of heightening or improving; exaltation;
elevation; purification. |
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ABDEST |
Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a
Mohammedan rite. |
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DEFECATION |
The act of separating from impurities, as lees or
dregs; purification. |
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LUSTRAL |
Of or pertaining to, or used for, purification; as,
lustral days; lustral water. |
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EXPURGATION |
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing;
purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. |
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CIRCUMCISION |
Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual
purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith. |
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RESIDUUM |
That which is left after any process of separation or
purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are
made; residue. |
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RHIGOLENE |
A mixture of volatile hydrocarbons intermediate between
gsolene and cymogene. It is obtained in the purification of crude
petroleum, and is used as a refregerant. |
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COERULIGNONE |
A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in
the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex
quinone derivative of diphenyl; -- called also cedriret. |
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LUSTRUM |
A lustration or purification, especially the purification
of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five
years. Hence: A period of five years. |
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THEURGY |
...xandria
among the Neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the
will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rit... |
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CANDLEMAS |
The second day of February, on which is celebrated the
feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the
candles for the a... |
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PURIFICATION |
...separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious,
or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or
of... |
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KEROSENE |
...se quantities, chiefly
by the distillation and purification of petroleum. It consists chiefly
of several hydrocarbons of the methane series. ... |
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VASELINE |
A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless and
tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude
petroleum, and consisting ... |
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STRAINER |
That through which any liquid is passed for purification
or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth,
used to strain ... |
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PURGATORY |
A state or place of purification after death; according
to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist
after death, in whic... |