sanctification, act of expiating sins; act of cleansing; disinfection; distillation, refinement
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Purification Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.
The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.
(n.)
The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals.
The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals.
(n.)
A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.
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purification
\pu`ri*fi*ca"tion\ (?), n. [f. purification, l. purificatio. see purify.]
1. the act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals.
2. the act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement. when the days of her purification according to the law of moses were accomplished. i. 22.
3. a cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.
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water of purification
Noun
1. the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
(hypernym) cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
(derivation) purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
2. the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
(synonym) refining, refinement
(hypernym) processing
(hyponym) rectification
(derivation) purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
3. a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
(synonym) purgation
(hypernym) ceremony
(derivation) purify, purge, sanctify
4. the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing; "purification through repentance"
(hypernym) purge, purging, purgation
(derivation) purify
Purification Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Purification is the process of rendering something pure, i.e. clean of foreign elements and/or pollution, and may refer to:
- List of purification methods in chemistry
- Water purification
- Organisms used in water purification
- Purification of quantum state in quantum mechanics, especially quantum information
- Purification theorem in game theory and economics, a Nash equilibrium consisting of randomly mixed strategies
- Ritual purification, the religious activity to remove uncleanliness
- Purification of the Virgin, a Christian liturgical feast
- Purification Rundown in Scientology, a procedure that supposedly rids the body of toxins
- Purification, a 2002 Crimson Thorn album
- Sweat lodge
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Purification Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
the process of making pure, free from anything that debases, pollutes, or contaminates.
Steps taken to eliminate impurities and pollution from water.
Purification Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
the process by which a person unclean, according to the Levitical law, and thereby cut off from the sanctuary and the festivals, was restored to the enjoyment of all these privileges. The great annual purification of the people was on the Day of Atonement (q.v.). But in the details of daily life there were special causes of cermonial uncleanness which were severally provided for by ceremonial laws enacted for each separate case. For example, the case of the leper (Lev. 13, 14), and of the house defiled by leprosy (14:49-53; see also Matt. 8:2-4). Uncleanness from touching a dead body (Num. 19:11; Hos. 9:4; Hag. 2:13; Matt. 23:27; Luke 11:44). The case of the high priest and of the Nazarite (Lev. 21:1-4, 10, 11; Num. 6:6, 7; Ezek. 44:25). Purification was effected by bathing and washing the clothes (Lev. 14:8, 9); by washing the hands (Deut. 21:6; Matt. 27:24); washing the hands and feet (Ex. 30:18-21; Heb. 6:2, "baptisms", R.V. marg., "washings;" 9:10); sprinkling with blood and water (Ex. 24:5-8; Heb. 9:19), etc. Allusions to this rite are found in Ps. 26:6; 51:7; Ezek. 36:25; Heb. 10:22.
used in cases of ceremonial cleansings at the consecration of the Levites (Num. 8:7). It signified, figuratively, that purifying of the heart which must characterize the servants of God.
in its legal and technical sense, is applied to the ritual observances whereby an Israelite was formally absolved from the taint of uncleanness. The essence of purification, in all eases, consisted in the use of water, whether by way of ablution or aspersion; but in the majora delicta of legal uncleanness, sacrifices of various kinds were added and the ceremonies throughout bore an expiatory character. Ablution of the person and of the clothes was required in the cases mentioned in (Leviticus 15:18; 11:25,40; 15:18,17) In cases of childbirth the sacrifice was increased to a lamb of the first year, with a pigeon or turtle-dove. (Leviticus 12:8) The ceremonies of purification required in cases of contact with a corpse or a grave are detailed in (Numbers 19:1) ... The purification of the leper was a yet more formal proceeding, and indicated the highest pitch of uncleanness. The rites are described in (Leviticus 14:4-32) The necessity of purification was extended in the post-Babylonian Period to a variety of unauthorized cases. Cups and pots and brazen vessels were washed as a matter of ritual observance. (Mark 7:4) The washing of the hands before meals was conducted in a formal manner. (Mark 7:3) What play have been the specific causes of uncleanness in those who came up to purify themselves before the Passover, (John 11:55) or in those who had taken upon themselves the Nazarites' vow, (Acts 21:24,26) we are not informed. In conclusion it may he observed that the distinctive feature. In the Mosaic rites of purification is their expiatory character. The idea of uncleanness was not peculiar to the Jew; but with all other nations simple ablution sufficed: no sacrifices were demanded. The Jew alone was taught by the use of expiatory offerings to discern to its fullest extent the connection between the outward sign and the inward fount of impurity.
