purificatory
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Nirang—are clearly enjoined by Zoroaster in certain purificatory rights.
From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
Tylor, had the character of a purificatory rite, but it may be doubted whether this was its original form, any more than in the case of the Suovetaurilia or Pola ceremonies.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
In the philosophy of Plato, on the other hand, punishment was chiefly expiatory and purificatory.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Against these demons the sufferer seeks protection by means of formulas, the utterance of which is invested with peculiar power, and again by means of certain rites of an expiatory or purificatory character.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
One may venture the inquiry whether the custom of using the "purificatory water" may not have been introduced from abroad.
From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Sidney Lewis Gulick
