Found 3 items, similar to purification.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: purification
istinja, membersihkan, pembeningan, pembersihan, penyucian
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: purification
purification
n 1: the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
2: the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or
sugar etc.) [syn:
refining,
refinement]
3: a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the
performance of appropriate rites [syn:
purgation]
4: the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual
cleansing;
“purification through repentance”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Purification
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.
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2. The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by
removing any pollution or defilement.
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When the days of her purification according to the
law of Moses were accomplished. --Luke ii. 22.
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3. A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the
extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.
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