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View definitions for purificatory

purificatory

adjective as in purgative

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Example Sentences

This transmission requires a purificatory process in the vehicles and a special training of the will.

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

The bath is thought to have a purificatory effect in that it removes the evil influence19 of death.

This appears to be a sort of purificatory ceremony at marriage.

One may venture the inquiry whether the custom of using the "purificatory water" may not have been introduced from abroad.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to purificatory, such as: aperient, aperitive, emetic, expiatory, laxative, and lustral.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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