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Lustrate vs Lustral - What's the difference?

lustrate | lustral |

As a verb lustrate

is to make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.

As an adjective lustral is

of or pertaining to (ritual) purification.

lustrate

English

Verb

(lustrat)
  • To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.
  • * Hammond
  • We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city.
    (Webster 1913) ----

    lustral

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Of or pertaining to (ritual) purification
  • lustral days
    lustral water
  • Of or relating to a lustrum, or period of five years.
  • a lustral cycle