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Definition of Lustrate
1. Verb. Purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials.
Definition of Lustrate
1. v. t. To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.
Definition of Lustrate
1. to purify ceremonially [v -TRATED, -TRATING, -TRATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lustrate
Literary usage of Lustrate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... but ource be frolick, lustick, high speel, zing and daunce. Weakest gars lo
the Wall, D 4, Ь. f2b lustrate. To go round. Lat. ..."
2. The Restored New Testament: The Hellenic Fragments, Freed from the Pseudo by James Morgan Pryse (1914)
"11 I, indeed, lustrate you in Water to reformation; but the [Lustrator] who is
coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not strong enough to ..."
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