LUSTRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lustrate mean? 

• LUSTRATE (verb)
  The verb LUSTRATE has 1 sense:

1. purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials

  Familiarity information: LUSTRATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUSTRATE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "lustrate" is one way to...):

purge; purify; sanctify (make pure or free from sin or guilt)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

lustrum (a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census)