"lustration" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lʌsˈtɹeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lustration.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lustrations [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin lūstrum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin lūstrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin lustratiobor. English lustration Borrowed from Latin lustratio. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:lustratio|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin lūstrum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin lūstrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin lustratiobor. English lustration [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "a purificatory sacrifice", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "lūstrum", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "denominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suf", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suf", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "intransitive verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "lūstrō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-tiHō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-Hō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "lustratio", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "lustration", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="lustration"> Borrowed from Latin lustratio. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lustration (countable and uncountable, plural lustrations)
  1. (religion) A rite of purification, especially washing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a rite of purification, especially washing): пречистване (prečistvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), lustratie [feminine] (Dutch), lzuiveringsrite [feminine] (Dutch), puhdistautuminen (Finnish), lustraatio (Finnish), lustration [feminine] (French), Lustration [feminine] (German), κάθαρση (kátharsi) [feminine] (Greek), εξαγνισμός (exagnismós) [masculine] (Greek), lustraco (Ido), oczyszczenie [neuter] (Polish), lustrație [feminine] (Romanian), очище́ние (očiščénije) [neuter] (Russian), омове́ние (omovénije) [neuter] (Russian), люстра́ция (ljustrácija) (english: ancient Rome or Greece) [feminine] (Russian), rening [common-gender] (Swedish), lustration [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lustration-en-noun-WjiDJmBR Categories (other): Religion Topics: lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'a rite of purification, especially washing': 98 2
  2. (politics, law) The restoration of credibility to a government by the purging of perpetrators of crimes committed under an earlier regime. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators): люстра́цыя (ljustrácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), лустрация (lustracija) (Bulgarian), puhdistus (Finnish), lustraatio (Finnish), lustration [feminine] (French), Lustration [feminine] (German), κάθαρση (kátharsi) [feminine] (Greek), lustraco (Ido), lustrismo (Italian), lustrācija (Latvian), lustracja [feminine] (Polish), lustrație [feminine] (Romanian), люстра́ция (ljustrácija) [feminine] (Russian), lustracija (Serbo-Croatian), utrensning [common-gender] (Swedish), förnyelse [common-gender] (Swedish), люстрація (ljustracija) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-lustration-en-noun-x4d7JIjX Categories (other): Law, Politics, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 24 76 Topics: government, law, politics Disambiguation of 'restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lustral, lustrical, lustrational Related terms: lustrate

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  "word": "lustration"
}

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