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What (who) is purgation - definition
Purgation
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Purgations; Purgation (disambiguation)
·noun The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuation of the bowels.
II. Purgation ·noun The clearing of one's self from a crime of which one was publicly suspected and accused. It was either canonical, which was prescribed by the canon law, the form whereof used in the spiritual court was, that the person suspected take his oath that he was clear of the matter objected against him, and bring his honest neighbors with him to make oath that they believes he swore truly; or vulgar, which was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. ·see Ordeal.
purgation
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Purgations; Purgation (disambiguation)
[p?:'ge??(?)n]
¦ noun
1. purification.
(in Catholic doctrine) the spiritual cleansing of a soul in purgatory.
2. historical the action of clearing oneself of accusation or suspicion by an oath or ordeal.
3. evacuation of the bowels brought about by laxatives.
Origin
ME: from OFr. purgacion, from L. purgatio(n-), from purgare (see purge).
purgation
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Purgations; Purgation (disambiguation)
n.
Clearing, cleansing, purification, lustration, clarification, defecation, detersion.
Examples of use of purgation
1. Catharsis is the explosion or release of long repressed feelings, the purgation of secret passions.
2. The selection of fresh fruit and berry juices is impressive, with each rated from one to five points on six criteria: energy, purgation, immunity, digestion, skin and nail.