What (who) is lustrate - definition
lustrate
['l?stre?t]
¦ verb rare purify by sacrifice, washing, or other ritual action.
Derivatives
lustration noun
Origin
C17: from L. lustrat-, lustrare 'purify by lustral rites', from lustrum (see lustrum).
Lustrate
·vt To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to Purify.
lustration
![Drawing of a relief from the [[Karnak temple]] in Egypt showing a [[pharaoh]] lustrating with incense](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Egypt lustrating.jpg?width=200 "Drawing of a relief from the [[Karnak temple]] in Egypt showing a [[pharaoh]] lustrating with incense")
GOVERNMENT PROCESS REGULATING THE PARTICIPATION OF FORMER COMMUNISTS AFTER THE FALL OF THE VARIOUS EUROPEAN COMMUNIST STATES IN 1989 – 1991
Lustracja; Law on Lustration; Lustrated
n.
1.
Purification, cleansing, washing.
2.
(Antiq.) Religious purification, ceremony of purification, lustrum.
