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lustrate

[luhs-treyt] / ˈlʌs treɪt /


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But universities, especially but not exclusively private schools, such as Stanford, have few incentives to lustrate.

From Scientific American Aug. 1, 2023

With the first   And finest breath, which from the genial strife   Of mineral fermentation springs, like light   O'er the fresh morning's vapours, lustrate then   The fountain, and inform the rising wave.

From Poetical Works of Akenside by Gilfillan, George

I wish to lustrate them afresh for the service of the gods.

From Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Kingsley, Charles

The Athenians 117 being afflicted with pestilence invited Epimenides to lustrate their city.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

Instead, the era's sense and sentiment is often best il lustrated by the casual sketch, the minor masterwork by the relative unknown.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fire-fountain was lustrated with the waters of the Ganges;2 expiatory rites were performed, and after a protracted debate among the gods it was resolved that Indra should initiate the work of recreation.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

The religious precautions thus taken in April were not renewed in May; but at the end of that month of ripening the whole of the ager Romanus was lustrated by the Fratres Arvales.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

The next morning they lustrated themselves with water, and immediately they were healed.

From Hills and the Sea by Belloc, Hilaire

Thus the community is "lustrated" every six Months.

From Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation by Hearn, Lafcadio




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