1. to purify by means of a ceremonial washing or ritual cleansing
Usage: formal; religious/ceremonial contexts

Examples

• The priest will lustrate the altar before the ceremony begins.
• Ancient Romans would lustrate their homes to ward off evil spirits.
• The temple was lustrated with holy water and incense.
• Pilgrims lustrate themselves in the sacred river.
• The ritual required them to lustrate the ceremonial objects.
• She lustrated her hands in the basin before entering the shrine.