lustration

Example Sentences

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Candidates for public administration jobs have since had to submit a so-called lustration certificate issued by the interior ministry.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Kysela told AFP the lustration law had a greater moral than legal value at present.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

At the end of the evening, they wound up in front of the Plaza Hotel, with Terrell, in a suit, and his agent, in his underwear, swimming in the fountain—a big-city lustration.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 18, 2016

In brief their baptism is not just a lustration, a sprinkling or a spattering.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ancient name of Februarius was derived from februare, to purify, or from Februa, the Roman festival of general expiation and lustration, which was celebrated during the latter part of this month.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various