purification – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
purification
n.
sanctification, act of expiating sins; act of cleansing; disinfection; distillation, refinement
Purification
Purification is the process of rendering something pure, i.e. clean of foreign elements and/or pollution, and may refer to:
purification
Noun
1. the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
(hypernym) cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
(derivation) purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
2. the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
(synonym) refining, refinement
(hypernym) processing
(hyponym) rectification
(derivation) purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
3. a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
(synonym) purgation
(hypernym) ceremony
(derivation) purify, purge, sanctify
4. the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing; "purification through repentance"
(hypernym) purge, purging, purgation
(derivation) purify
purification
nf.
purification, cleaning
Purification
(n.)
The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.
(n.)
The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals.
(n.)
A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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