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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 Morris Jastrow

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

From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Sidney Lewis Gulick

Here also was the great bason of bronze for purificatory purposes, which was called “the deep,” and corresponded with the “sea” of Solomon's temple.

From Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

Thus in many cases the worshiper had to be prepared by purificatory and other ceremonies, and the priest had to submit to certain rules before he could undertake the sacrifice.

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

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 Morris Jastrow