lustral
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He poured over her the lustral water symbolic of purification and conferred upon her jeweled decorations denoting her rank.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2019
Following Thai tradition, the ceremony included prayers to Buddha and the pouring of lustral water on the heads of the young cousins by the groom's grandmother.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Chiengmai stately priests flung garlands upon the baby elephant, poured lustral water on its quivering trunk and performed the complicated mystic rite of "Tarn Kwan."
From Time Magazine Archive
Aretos brought clear lustral water in a bowl quivering with fresh-cut flowers, a basket of barley in his other hand.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
By crafty knaves these rules were framed, And to enforce men's gifts proclaimed: “Give, worship, lead a life austere, Keep lustral rites, quit pleasures here.”
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
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