purification
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Etymology edit
From Old French purificacion, from Latin pūrificātiō.
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purification (countable and uncountable, plural purifications)
- The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
- air purification
- purification of water
- A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
- purification of the soul
- (Christianity) The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.
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act of purifying
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French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin pūrificātiōnem.
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Noun edit
purification f (plural purifications)
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Further reading edit
- “purification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.