purificatory
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The Greeks, in their purificatory rites, sacrifice dogs, and often make use of what is called Periskylakismos.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart
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
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
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
Thus all grain cooked with water is apparently looked upon as sacred or sacramental food, and it is for this reason that it can only be eaten after the purificatory rites already described.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
