lus·trate

(lŭs′trāt′)

tr.v. lus·trat·ed, lus·trat·ing, lus·trates

To purify by means of ceremony.

[Latin lūstrāre, lūstrāt-, to purify, make bright; see luster.]

lus·tra′tion n.

lus′tra·tive (-trə-tĭv) adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

lustrative

adjective

Serving to purify of sin:

expiatory, lustral, purgative, purgatorial, purificatory.

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

it examines the degree to which religious legacies affect the likelihood for a particular postcommunist country to lustrate and the intensity of various lustrative phenomena.

A lustration program is "implemented" if a person's proven or alleged links to the previous regime have been reviewed pursuant to a lustrative provision of a defined consequence.

Religion matters: quantifying the impact of religious legacies on post-communist transitional justice

Batelco (5): Client to the agency:"We want to communi- cate the voice messaging service to our consumers." And the agency responds with an interestingly witty style of il- lustrative press ads.

The work

All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.