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lustration

/luhs-treyt/US // ˈlʌs treɪt //UK // (ˈlʌstreɪt) //

拉皮条,拉斯蒂克,拉斯提克,拉斯蒂克化

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    lus·trat·ed, lus·trat·ing.

    • : to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.

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Examples

  • It is neither immersion nor sprinkling nor any other mode of lustration which marks us out as God's.

  • As water is the most common element, so also is it the most common magical means of lustration.

  • In the primitive cult ceremonies of the Australians, lustration is effected almost exclusively by fire.

  • Here again, as in the Australian initiation ceremonies, lustration by fire signifies a magic act having reference to the future.

  • Less common, on the whole, is the third form of lustration, that by magical transference.

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