Lustrate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lustrate \Lus"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lustrated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Lustrating}.] [L. lustratus, p. p. of lustrare to
     lustrate, fr. lustrum. See {Lustrum}.]
     To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to
     purify.
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           We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole
           city.                                    --Hammond.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lustrate
       v : purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist
           countries to refer to the political cleansing of former
           officials