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- 1. purify by expiatory sacrifice, ceremonial washing, or some other ritual action: rare "a soul lustrated in the baptismal waters"
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Lustrate is a verb that means to purify ceremonially. It comes from Latin lustratus, the past participle of lustrare. See the word history, synonyms, and examples of lustrate.
Lustrate means to purify by means of religious rituals or ceremonies. See the word origin, synonyms, pronunciation, and examples of lustrate in British and American English.
/ˌlʌˈstreɪt/ IPA guide. Other forms: lustrated; lustrates. Definitions of lustrate. verb. purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Lustrate."
Lustrate means to purify by means of religious rituals or ceremonies. Learn the origin, usage and derived forms of this verb from Latin lūstrāre.
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Etymology
From Latin lustratus (“lustrated”) parsed as a verb via English -ate, from lustrare, from lustrum (“ritual purification”) + o (“forming verbs”), q.v. In reference to imparting luster, further via senses of Middle French lustre, from Old Italian lustro.
Verb
lustrate (third-person singular simple present lustrates, present participle lustrating, simple past and past participle lustrated) 1. (transitive) Synonym of purify, to ritually cleanse or renew, particularly to do so with a propitiatory offering or (historical) the lustration, quinquennial ritual of the Roman censor to cleanse the city after a census. 1.1. c. 1650, Henry Hammond, Miscellaneous Theological Works..., Vol. 3, Sermon 23, p. 503 (1850 ed.): 1.1.1. We must purge, and cleanse, and...
References
1. “lustrate, v.¹.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022. 2. “† lustrate, v.².”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.
Verb
lustrate 1. second-person singular voseo imperative of lustrar combined with te
Learn the meaning, etymology and usage of the verb lustrate in English, Italian and Latin. Lustrate can mean to purify, to traverse, to impart luster or to look over something.
Lustrate means to purify by means of ceremony, especially in non-Christian religions or ecclesiastical contexts. See the origin, usage, and synonyms of lustrate from various dictionaries and sources.
Dec 18, 2018 · 1. To purify by means of rituals or ceremonies. 2. To remove undesirable people from an organization, especially in an abrupt or violent manner. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lustrare (to make bright).
