purification
Definitions
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WordNet 3.6
- n purification the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing "purification through repentance"
- n purification a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- n purification the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
- n purification the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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- Purification A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.
- Purification The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals.
- Purification The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement. "When the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished."
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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- n purification The act of purifying; the act of freeing from impurities, or from whatever is heterogeneous or foreign: as, the purification of liquors or of metals.
- n purification The act or process of cleansing ceremonially; a ritual observance by which the person or thing subjected to it is cleansed from a ceremonial uncleanness, as a symbol of a spiritual cleansing. Ceremonial purification by washing or by other means was common to the Hebrews, Greeks, Romans, and other peoples, and is still practised by the Mohammedans, Greeks, and Roman Catholics, as well as by Hindus and other Orientals. In the Jewish ceremonial law the use of water was essential to purification, and it was often accompanied by sacrifices. The purifications of the Mosaic law fall under several heads, among which are those for defilement arising from secretions, those for leprosy, those for pollution from corpses, and those for defilement from eating the flesh of certain animals.
- n purification A cleansing of the soul from guilt; the extinguishment of evil desire as something which does not belong to the children of God.
- n purification In the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, the pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
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- n Purification act of purifying:
- n Purification (B.) the act of cleansing ceremonially by removing defilement: a cleansing of the soul from moral guilt or defilement: a crushing of desire after anything evil: the pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest
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Quotations
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“I am a bad, wicked man, but I am practicing moral self-purification; I don't eat meat any more, I now eat rice cutlets.” -
“Making love? It's a communion with a woman. The bed is the holy table. There I find passion -- and purification.” -
“The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul is one which has right judgments.” -
“Thou are never at any time nearer to God than when under tribulation; which he permits for the purifications and beautifying of thy soul.”
Etymology
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
F. purification, L. purificatio,. See Purify
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Fr. purifier—L. purificāre—purus, pure, facĕre, to make.
Usage
In literature:
PURIFICATIONS OF THE FOLLOWING DEGREE.
"Spiritual Torrents" by Jeanne Marie Bouvières de la Mot Guyon
This is purification only in the sense that a defaulting cashier purifies the firm he robs.
"Theism or Atheism" by Chapman Cohen
Lively Woman is indeed, as Carlyle would put it, "hellbent" on purification of politics by adding herself as an ingredient.
"The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays" by Ambrose Bierce
And they entered them for the sake of individual purification and in the hope of personal immortality.
"The Idea of God in Early Religions" by F. B. Jevons
In the purification and exaltation of the Democratic National State rests the one hope of the salvation of Britain and the Empire.
"Freedom In Service" by Fossey John Cobb Hearnshaw
Henry was still a prisoner in the lodge when the purification of Timmendiquas was finished.
"The Riflemen of the Ohio" by Joseph A. Altsheler
The "purificators" are small napkins of linen for cleansing the vessels after the service.
"The Worship of the Church" by Jacob A. Regester
It provides also for the purification of the peat from earthy matters.
"Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel" by Samuel William Johnson
As a symbol of purification the thing may pass, but no human being wishes to be purified too often.
"Homer's Odyssey" by Denton J. Snider
Water Purification and Sewage Disposal.
"Seasoning of Wood" by Joseph B. Wagner
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In poetry:
"Purification of politics
Is an iridescent dream,"
Is the Ingalls way of saying that
Corruption's power's supreme.
Is an iridescent dream,"
Is the Ingalls way of saying that
Corruption's power's supreme.
"Our Politics" by Jared Barhite
In news:
GlobalMedic Loading Water Purification Units for Somalia and Yemen.
DNA and RNA Purification .
Water Filters & Purification Equipment.
Semiconductor Foundry to Use GE's Water Purification System.
Smith Concludes Purchase of Water Purification OEM Tianlong Holding Dec 1, 2009 Printable format Email this Article Search.
Carrier Acquires Air Purification Firm StrionAir Sep 3, 2009 Printable format Email this Article Search.
Growing Demand Projected For Water, Air Purification Systems Nov 13, 2008 Printable format Email this Article Search.
Demand for consumer water purification and air cleaning systems is projected to increase 4.4% per year to US$1.5 billion by 2012, according to research firm The Freedonia Group.
AirOcare says its air purification technology eliminates populations of Listeria on fruits and vegetables in storage facilities, processing and shipping containers.
Distillation columns are unit operations most often used for separation and purification in process industries.
Rapid consumption of large quantities of the hot drink preceded ritual vomiting as part of the purification rituals.
Homeowners can remove mandated purification systems, state officials say.
Healthy Dietary Changes for the New Year -21day Purification Plan 2-4pm FREE.
As part of the adoption , Obama attended a purification ceremony where he faced east, the symbolic source of new life, and was prayed over by Black Eagle.
A six-section park was placed over the Whitney Water Purification Facility.
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In science:
The pure states case is starting from a product state, but the mixed states case from a partially entangled state. Naturally, the probability of later case is larger than the former one. This case (mixed states) looks like an entanglement purification process, because we have lifted the fidelity of the initial state.
Generation of atomic entangled states using linear optics
The obvious advantage of our scheme is that it is simpler than the previous generation and purification schemes. In addition, the scheme can “purify” maximally entangled states from mixed states, which is novel and can not be realized by the previous generation and purification processes.
Generation of atomic entangled states using linear optics
Wootters, Purification of noisy entanglement and faithful teleportation via noisy channels, Phys.
Generation of atomic entangled states using linear optics
In chemistry the engine’s relevance is not as a free energy source, but as a basic mechanism behind the local lowering of entropy by demixing. Adsorption followed by desorption is widely applied for separation/demixing and purification in analytical chemistry and chemical engineering.
Sorption heat engines: simple inanimate negative entropy generators
Solopikhin Purification of cadmium and lead for low-background scintillators 15:10 R.
Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop "Radiopure Scintillators for EURECA" (RPScint'2008)
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