Synonyms for lustral
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : luhs-truh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʌs trəl |
Définition of lustral
Origin :- "pertaining to purification," 1530s, from Latin lustralis, from lustrum (see lustrum). Hence, also, "every five years" (1781).
- adj purgative
- The ancients had their lustral water for sprinkling and purifying the people.
- Extract from : « The Mysteries of All Nations » by James Grant
- Did I need such a crowd to help me by holding the lustral victims during the lengthy rite?
- Extract from : « The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura » by Lucius Apuleius
- Fair dewy streams, and lustral waters from ancestral sources await thee, and the host of the Greeks eager to reach Troy.
- Extract from : « The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. » by Euripides
- And the seer Calchas will to his cost consecrate the sacrificial cakes and lustral waters.
- Extract from : « The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. » by Euripides
- But the son of Peleus ran around the altar of the Goddess, taking the canister and lustral waters at the same time.
- Extract from : « The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. » by Euripides
- For male children are the pillars of the house, and those whom my lustral waters sprinkle die.
- Extract from : « The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. » by Euripides
- But you can not use too much haste in making ready the lustral waters and the consecrations.
- Extract from : « The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. » by Euripides
- Not so; but I shall lave around thy head with the lustral stream.
- Extract from : « The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. » by Euripides
- With the seventh the marriage is completed; and the Brahman sprinkles the youthful pair with lustral water.
- Extract from : « The History of Antiquity, Volume IV (of 6) » by Max Duncker
- He lifted his head, shaking the water from his eyes, and the very volume of the lustral flood contented him.
- Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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