lustral
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lūstrālis, from lūstrum (“purificatory sacrifice”); compare French lustral. See lustrum.
Adjective edit
lustral
- Of or pertaining to (ritual) purification.
- 1881, James Thomson (B. V.), A Voice from the Nile:
- So the men change along my changeless stream,
And change their faiths; but I yield all alike
Sweet water for their drinking, sweet as wine,
And pure sweet water for their lustral rites:
For thirty generations of my corn
Outlast a generation of my men,
And thirty generations of my men
Outlast a generation of their gods.
- lustral days
- lustral water
- Of or relating to a lustrum, or period of five years.
- a lustral cycle
Translations edit
relating to ritual purification
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French edit
Adjective edit
lustral (feminine lustrale, masculine plural lustraux, feminine plural lustrales)
Further reading edit
- “lustral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: lus‧tral
Adjective edit
lustral m or f (plural lustrais)
- lustral (relating to ritual purification)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
lustral m or n (feminine singular lustrală, masculine plural lustrali, feminine and neuter plural lustrale)
Declension edit
Declension of lustral
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | lustral | lustrală | lustrali | lustrale | ||
definite | lustralul | lustrala | lustralii | lustralele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | lustral | lustrale | lustrali | lustrale | ||
definite | lustralului | lustralei | lustralilor | lustralelor |
References edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lustral m or f (masculine and feminine plural lustrales)
Further reading edit
- “lustral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014