[けっさい, kessai] (n, vs) religious abstinence; purification[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Purification \Pu`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n. [F. purification, L.
purificatio. See {Purify}.]
1. The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating
and removing from anything that which is impure or
noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the
purification of liquors, or of metals.
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2. The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by
removing any pollution or defilement.
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When the days of her purification according to the
law of Moses were accomplished. --Luke ii. 22.
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3. A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the
extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purification
n 1: the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
2: the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or
sugar etc.) [syn: {refining}, {refinement}, {purification}]
3: a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the
performance of appropriate rites [syn: {purification},
{purgation}]
4: the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual
cleansing; "purification through repentance"
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