Purgation
nounid
104155·updated May 18, 2026verified
a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- catharsiskatharsispurgingpurification
- plural
- Purgations
- possessive
- Purgation's
- pluralpossessive
- Purgations'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
- §2
- a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- §3
- purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
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