資料來源 : pyDict
純化,提純,滌罪
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Purification \Pu`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n. [F. purification, L.
purificatio. See {Purify}.]
1. The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating
and removing from anything that which is impure or
noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the
purification of liquors, or of metals.
2. The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by
removing any pollution or defilement.
When the days of her purification according to the
law of Moses were accomplished. --Luke ii. 22.
3. A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the
extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.
資料來源 : WordNet®
purification
n 1: the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
2: the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or
sugar etc.) [syn: {refining}, {refinement}]
3: a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the
performance of appropriate rites [syn: {purgation}]
4: the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual
cleansing; "purification through repentance"