purification

About 5.64 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.

   air purification

2. noun A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.

   purification of the soul

3. noun The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.

Similar words

depuration cleansing purify purifying lustration purge sanitation decontamination disinfection refinement

Often followed by

of and by is from in process was procedure

Word family

purifications