purification

English

Etymology

From Old French purificacion, from Latin purificatio

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

purification (countable and uncountable, plural purifications)

The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
(Christianity) The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.

Translations

act of purifying

Catalan: purificació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使純淨, 使纯净 (shǐ chúnjìng), 使潔淨, 使洁净 (shǐ jiéjìng), 純化 (zh), 纯化 (zh) (chúnhuà)
Finnish: puhdistaminen (fi), puhdistuminen, puhdistautuminen
French: purification (fr) f
German: Reinigung (de) f
Greek: εξαγνισμός (el) m (exagnismós), κάθαρση (el) f (kátharsi), καθαρμός (el) m (katharmós)
Japanese: 浄化 (ja) (じょうか, jōka)
Maori: whakaparakoretanga, purenga (religious rite), whakahoromatatanga

Persian: خالص سازی‎ (xâles-sâzi), تخلیص‎ (fa) (taxlis), پالایش‎ (fa) (pâlâyeš), پازش‎ (fa) (pâzeš) (rare)
Polish: oczyszczenie (pl) n
Portuguese: purificação (pt) f
Romanian: purificare (ro) f, curățire (ro) f
Russian: очи́стка (ru) f (očístka), очище́ние (ru) n (očiščénije)
Spanish: (alloys) fundición (es) f, purificación (es) f, limpia (es) f
Swedish: rening c
Tagalog: pagtagnas

a religious act or rite where a person is made clean

Latin: februum n

Maori: purenga

French

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Noun

purification f (plural purifications)

purification

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