Lustrated

Lustrated
Lustrate Lus"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lustrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lustrating}.] [L. lustratus, p. p. of lustrare to lustrate, fr. lustrum. See {Lustrum}.] To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify. [1913 Webster]

We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]


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