purificatory

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Against these demons the sufferer seeks protection by means of formulas, the utterance of which is invested with peculiar power, and again by means of certain rites of an expiatory or purificatory character.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

They are all marked by a tendency toward elaborate organization, a sharp differentiation from the national cults, and purificatory and other ceremonies of initiation.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

The rumbling of thunder means a temporary discontinuance of the work, and often a purificatory ceremony, of which I can give no details, becomes necessary and delays the work. 9Called g�s or g�i-as.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.

A purificatory bath is followed by a feast in which each one recounts the minutest details of the attack.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.

Then the body was carried to a certain spot where all the people stood upon it as a purificatory ceremony.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir