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Webster 1913 Edition
Purification
1.
The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it;
as, the
. purification
of liquors, or of metals2.
The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.
When the days of her
purification
according to the law of Moses were accomplished. Luke ii. 22.
3.
A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.
Webster 1828 Edition
Purification
PURIFICA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from any thing that which is heterogeneous or foreign to it; as the purification of liquors or of metals.2.
In religion, the act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement. Purification by washing or by other means, was common to the Hebrews and to pagans. The Mohammedans use purification as a preparation for devotion. 2 Chron.30. Esth.2. Luke 2.3.
A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites and inclinations.Definition 2024
purification
purification
English
Noun
purification (countable and uncountable, plural purifications)
- The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
- A religious act in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
Translations
act of purifying
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