purificatory
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A purificatory bath is followed by a feast in which each one recounts the minutest details of the attack.
From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by John M. Garvan
Thus in many cases the worshiper had to be prepared by purificatory and other ceremonies, and the priest had to submit to certain rules before he could undertake the sacrifice.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
Internally, it is mainly characterised by its ideal of Levitical holiness, the way in which it everywhere surrounds life with purificatory and propitiatory ceremonies, and its prevailing reference of sacrifice to sin.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
Prior to this ceremony he went through a special purificatory rite, immersing himself in the sea, an act to which the Greeks attributed great virtue.
From The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites by Dudley Wright
In the case of Orestes, for example, there is the madness which led to his capture, and his deliverance by means of the purificatory rite.
From The Poetics of Aristotle by S. H. (Samuel Henry) Butcher
