"purification" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpjʊəɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-purification.wav [Southern-England] Forms: purifications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Old French purificacion, from Latin pūrificātiō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewH-}}, {{uder|en|fro|purificacion}} Old French purificacion, {{uder|en|la|pūrificātiō}} Latin pūrificātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} purification (countable and uncountable, plural purifications)
  1. The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of purifying): κάθαρσις (kátharsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), пречистване (prečistvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), purificació [feminine] (Catalan), 使純淨 (Chinese Mandarin), 使纯净 (shǐ chúnjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 使潔淨 (Chinese Mandarin), 使洁净 (shǐ jiéjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 純化 (Chinese Mandarin), 纯化 (chúnhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), puhdistaminen (Finnish), puhdistuminen (Finnish), puhdistautuminen (Finnish), purification [feminine] (French), purificación [feminine] (Galician), Reinigung [feminine] (German), 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hraineins) [feminine] (Gothic), εξαγνισμός (exagnismós) [masculine] (Greek), κάθαρση (kátharsi) [feminine] (Greek), καθαρμός (katharmós) [masculine] (Greek), pemurnian (Indonesian), purifikasi (Indonesian), purificazione [feminine] (Italian), 浄化 (jōka) (alt: じょうか) (Japanese), penulenan (Malay), whakaparakoretanga (Maori), purenga (english: religious rite) (Maori), whakahoromatatanga (Maori), خالص سازی (xâles-sâzi) (Persian), تخلیص (taxlis) (Persian), پالایش (pâlâyeš) (Persian), پازش (pâzeš) [rare] (Persian), oczyszczenie [neuter] (Polish), purificação [feminine] (Portuguese), purificare [feminine] (Romanian), curățire [feminine] (Romanian), очи́стка (očístka) [feminine] (Russian), очище́ние (očiščénije) [neuter] (Russian), fundición (english: alloys) [feminine] (Spanish), purificación [feminine] (Spanish), limpia [feminine] (Spanish), rening [common-gender] (Swedish), pagtagnas (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-purification-en-noun-9FbVzPij Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 18 13 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 61 21 18 Disambiguation of 'act of purifying': 79 17 5
  2. A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (religious act or rite where a person is made clean): κάθαρσις (kátharsis) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ἁγνισμός (hagnismós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), purificación [feminine] (Galician), 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hraineins) [feminine] (Gothic), penyucian (Indonesian), februum [neuter] (Latin), purenga (Maori), purgynge (Middle English)
    Sense id: en-purification-en-noun-xhndnlml Disambiguation of 'religious act or rite where a person is made clean': 10 85 4
  3. (Christianity) The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-purification-en-noun-~5mTNEfg Topics: Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: copurification Related terms: purificative, purificational, purificatory

Inflected forms

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        "The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "purify",
          "purify"
        ],
        [
          "removal",
          "removal"
        ],
        [
          "impurities",
          "impurity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "purification of the soul",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "defiled",
          "defiled"
        ],
        [
          "clean",
          "clean"
        ],
        [
          "sin",
          "sin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "chalice",
          "chalice"
        ],
        [
          "communion",
          "communion"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpjʊəɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prečistvane",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пречистване"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "purificació"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "使純淨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǐ chúnjìng",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "使纯净"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "使潔淨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǐ jiéjìng",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "使洁净"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "純化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chúnhuà",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "纯化"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "puhdistaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "puhdistuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "puhdistautuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "purification"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "purificación"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Reinigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "hraineins",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "exagnismós",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εξαγνισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kátharsi",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κάθαρση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katharmós",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "καθαρμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kátharsis",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κάθαρσις"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "pemurnian"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "purifikasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "purificazione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょうか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōka",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "浄化"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "penulenan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "whakaparakoretanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "religious rite",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "purenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "whakahoromatatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xâles-sâzi",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "خالص سازی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "taxlis",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "تخلیص"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pâlâyeš",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "پالایش"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pâzeš",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "پازش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oczyszczenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "purificação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "purificare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "curățire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očístka",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "очи́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očiščénije",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "очище́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "alloys",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fundición"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "purificación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limpia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rening"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "act of purifying",
      "word": "pagtagnas"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "religious act or rite where a person is made clean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "purificación"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "hraineins",
      "sense": "religious act or rite where a person is made clean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kátharsis",
      "sense": "religious act or rite where a person is made clean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κάθαρσις"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hagnismós",
      "sense": "religious act or rite where a person is made clean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ἁγνισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "religious act or rite where a person is made clean",
      "word": "penyucian"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "religious act or rite where a person is made clean",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "februum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "religious act or rite where a person is made clean",
      "word": "purenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "religious act or rite where a person is made clean",
      "word": "purgynge"
    }
  ],
  "word": "purification"
}

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