Definition of purifications Purifications

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What does purifications mean?

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Noun Plural: purifications
purification - a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
		purgation
		ceremony any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way; "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"; "he disposed of it without ceremony"
purification - the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing; "purification through repentance"
		purging, purgation, purge an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin"
purification - the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
		cleaning, cleansing, cleanup the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"
purification - the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
		refining, refinement
		processing preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure; "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals"

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purification (Noun)
The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
purification (Noun)
A religious act in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.

purification (n.)
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.
purification (n.)
The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.
purification (n.)
A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.