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
  • For Bolton, writing about the traumatic experience proved to be somewhat cathartic.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a fear of being misunderstood, but there’s also a cathartic freedom.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Tomas Alfredson's atmospheric, brutal chiller is one of the most moving and memorable films about childhood put to screen.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Our audience responses were the most moving part of this entire journey.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This was an impressive tournament that will have surely turned heads.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The most popular ghost story of this cemetery is that of Rufina Cambaceres, a 19-year-old girl who was laid to rest in 1902 in an impressive art nouveau mausoleum.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Purificatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purificatory. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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