purificatory

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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 Butcher, S. H. (Samuel Henry)

This appears to be a sort of purificatory ceremony at marriage.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

The sense is that one becomes a Brahmana by birth alone, without the aid of those purificatory rites that have been laid down in the scriptures.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

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 Jastrow, Morris

The bath is thought to have a purificatory effect in that it removes the evil influence19 of death. 18This is an invariable custom, I was told. 19B�-ho, literally foul smell.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.