purificatory

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

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

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

The subsidiary religious exercise is purificatory subsequent ablution for putting an end to the sense of unfitness from begging, living on broken food, &c.

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Madhava Acharya