We sprinkle salt for purification.
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Purification
//ˌpjʊəɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "purification" (101 found)
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Related words (50)
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9 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- κάθαρσις noun (act of purifying)
- κάθαρσις noun (religious act or rite where a person is made clean)
- ἁγνισμός noun (religious act or rite where a person is made clean)
Arabic
1 entries- تَطْهِير noun (act of purifying)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пречистване noun (act of purifying)
Catalan
1 entries- purificació noun (act of purifying)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 使潔淨 /使洁净 noun (act of purifying)
- 使純淨 /使纯净 noun (act of purifying)
- 純化 /纯化 noun (act of purifying)
Finnish
3 entries- puhdistaminen noun (act of purifying)
- puhdistautuminen noun (act of purifying)
- puhdistuminen noun (act of purifying)
French
1 entries- purification noun (act of purifying)
Galician
2 entries- purificación noun (act of purifying)
- purificación noun (religious act or rite where a person is made clean)
German
1 entries- Reinigung noun (act of purifying)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (act of purifying)
- 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (religious act or rite where a person is made clean)
Greek
3 entries- εξαγνισμός noun (act of purifying)
- κάθαρση noun (act of purifying)
- καθαρμός noun (act of purifying)
Hindi
2 entries- शुद्धिकरण noun (religious act or rite where a person is made clean)
- शोधन noun (act of purifying)
Indonesian
3 entries- pemurnian noun (act of purifying)
- penyucian noun (religious act or rite where a person is made clean)
- purifikasi noun (act of purifying)
Italian
1 entries- purificazione noun (act of purifying)
Japanese
1 entries- 浄化 noun (act of purifying)
Latin
1 entries- februum noun (religious act or rite where a person is made clean)
Malay
1 entries- penulenan noun (act of purifying)
Middle English
1 entries- purgynge noun (religious act or rite where a person is made clean)
Māori
4 entries- purenga noun (act of purifying)
- purenga noun (religious act or rite where a person is made clean)
- whakahoromatatanga noun (act of purifying)
- whakaparakoretanga noun (act of purifying)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- lutring noun (act of purifying)
- renselse noun (act of purifying)
- renselse noun (religious act or rite where a person is made clean)
- rensing noun (act of purifying)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تصفیه noun (act of purifying)
Persian
4 entries- تخلیص noun (act of purifying)
- خالص سازی noun (act of purifying)
- پازش noun (act of purifying)
- پالایش noun (act of purifying)
Polish
1 entries- oczyszczenie noun (act of purifying)
Portuguese
1 entries- purificação noun (act of purifying)
Romanian
2 entries- curățire noun (act of purifying)
- purificare noun (act of purifying)
Russian
3 entries- очи́стка noun (act of purifying)
- очище́ние noun (act of purifying)
- пурификация noun (act of purifying)
Spanish
3 entries- fundición noun (act of purifying)
- limpia noun (act of purifying)
- purificación noun (act of purifying)
Swedish
1 entries- rening noun (act of purifying)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagtagnas noun (act of purifying)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Then an argument developed between some of John's disciples and a certain Jew about purification.
Source: tatoeba (43031)
He taught contemplation as a means of spiritual purification and the attainment of the Dao, a principle that signifies the highest spiritual ideals of mankind.
Source: tatoeba (898001)
You won't see protein purification in a genetics course.
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