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lustral

/luhs-truhl/US // ˈlʌs trəl //UK // (ˈlʌstrəl) //

色素,色情的,色素的,色泽

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or employed in the lustrum, or rite of purification.
    • : occurring every five years; quinquennial.

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Examples

  • They built others in other cities; but still they had a horror of tapers, lustral water, pontifical habits, etc.

  • Another suggestion is that he holds as often a lustral, or laurel bough, that he is figured as Daphnephoros, “Laurel-Bearer.”

  • It consisted in washing the hands, and sometimes the whole body, in lustral or consecrated water.

  • The boy through whose hand the water flows is from the Lacedemonians, but neither of the vessels for lustral water.

  • Ablutions and lustral purifications formed an article of faith with the Jew and Moslem, with whom cleanliness is godliness.