01 n. The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or fo…
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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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The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.“When the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished.” — Luke ii. 22.
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A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.