lustrate Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Lus"trate transitive verb
Etymology
L. lustratus, p. p. of lustrare to lustrate, fr. lustrum. See Lustrum.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Lustrated ; present participle & verbal noun Lustrating
Definitions
  1. To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.
    We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city. Hammond.

Webster 1913