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Lustrate

To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.

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Purge 76% connected

To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.

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Purify 76% connected

To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metal…

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Sanctify 76% connected

To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.

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Lustrum 74% connected

A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A perio…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lustrum 74% connected

A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A perio…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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