purificatory

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Recent Examples of purificatory Many stepwells were used for ablution; the tanks associated with mosques, Hindu temples and other shrines offered the most purificatory form. Summoning water from the depths was also a symbol of temporal power. The Economist, 13 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purificatory
Adjective
  • Was that a cathartic experience—thinking about what that symbolizes generally for a mother to a son, but then also specifically for Donna to Carmy? Very much cathartic.
    Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 27 June 2025
  • Julia and Jock told me the event was cathartic, especially with everything going on: the ICE raids, the casual erasure of trans people.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • As Jimmy Lennox, a musician carrying a torch for Susan Sarandon's Louise, Madsen got to do some of the most moving and mercurial work of his career.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 July 2025
  • On June 18, The Baltimore Sun published a very moving and poignant editorial cartoon showing a picture of Minnesota with the state’s eastern border as the silhouette of a weeping Uncle Sam.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • Banchero and Wagner don’t want to merely record impressive scoring marks.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2025
  • The All-American scored nine goals and added eight assists while registering an impressive 80-percent faceoff winning percentage.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 7 July 2025

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“Purificatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purificatory. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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