noun
- a purification ceremony or ritual cleansing, especially in ancient religions
- the process of removing people from positions of power due to their past political associations
Usage: formal; historical
Usage: political; formal
Examples
- The ancient Romans performed lustration ceremonies to purify their temples.
- The priest conducted a lustration ritual before the sacred festival began.
- After the revolution, the new government began a lustration process to remove former officials.
- The lustration law prevented certain individuals from holding public office.
- Religious lustration involved washing with holy water or other sacred substances.
- The country’s lustration policies were controversial and debated for years.