purification
/ˌpjʊəɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun
Forms purifications
- noun The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities. “air purification”
- noun A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin. “purification of the soul”
- noun (Christianity) The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.
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Etymology
From Old French purificacion, from Latin pūrificātiō.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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 metals.
- noun The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.
Etymology [F. purification, L. purificatio. See Purify.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “purification”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details