Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LUS-TRA'TION
LUS-TRA'TION, n.
- The act or operation of making clear or pure; cleansing or purifying by water. And holy water for lustration bring. – Dryden.
- In antiquity, the sacrifices or ceremonies by which cities, fields, armies or people defiled by crimes, were purified. – Encyc.
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