Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to purification by lustration: said of the day on which a Roman infant was purified and named.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or used for, purification.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to, or used for,
purification .
Etymologies
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Latin lustricus, from lustrum. See lustrum.
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Examples
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It was a matter of great pride to me, and a mark of my growing standing within the family, that I was invited to attend the lustrical, on the ninth day following the birth.
Imperium Robert Harris 2006
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It was a matter of great pride to me, and a mark of my growing standing within the family, that I was invited to attend the lustrical, on the ninth day following the birth.
Imperium Robert Harris 2006
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