LUSTRAL
Lus"tral, a. Etym: [L. lustralis, fr. lustrum: cf. F. lustral. See
Lustrum.]
1. Of or pertaining to, or used for, purification; as, lustral days; lustral water.
2. Of or pertaining to a lustrum.
LUSTRATE
Lus"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lustrated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lustrating.] Etym: [L. lustratus, p. p. of lustrare to lustrate, fr.
lustrum. See Lustrum.]
Defn: To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to
purify.
We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city. Hammond.
LUSTRATION
Lus*tra"tion, n. Etym: [L. lustratio: cf. F. lustration.]
1. The act of lustrating or purifying. And holy water for lustration bring. Dryden.
2. (Antiq.)
Defn: A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified.
LUSTRE
Lus"tre, n.