Meaning of Purgation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.
   countable, uncountable
2. The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt.
   countable, uncountable
3. Exoneration or the act undertaken to achieve exoneration.
   archaic, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“[…] Lanfrank takes Notice⟳ of Tract. 3. Doct. 3. cap. 18. ſaying, "I have⟳ ſeen many who being full of Humours, have⟳ made an Iſſue under the Knee, before due Purgation had been premis'd; whence, by reaſon of the too great Defluxion of Humours, the Legs tumified, ſo that the cauterized Place⟳ corrupted, and a Cancer (or rather cacoethic Ulcer) was thereby made, with which great Difficulty was cur'd."”

“Seven or eight annual bloodings, and as many purgations — such was the common regimen the theory prescribed to ensure continuance of health[…].”

“But those females who conceive without menstrual purgations, or who conceive during the time of the menstrual efflux, and not afterwards, […] and in the second instance because, after the completion of the menstrual purgations, the mouth of the womb becomes closed.”

“William evidently does not have⟳ the appreciation for women that Hildegard exhibits, yet he does not consider⟳ their monthly purgations to be a source of evil.”

“Secondly, The branches of Plants have⟳ been us'd in religious Purgations or Expiations. In the Moſaical Law there was one general kind of Sacrifice commanded for Purgation, which conſiſted of an Heifer ſacrificed and burnt to Aſhes; with which, and ſpring water, a Lee was made to ſerve for many ſorts of Purgations.”

“Records concerning the individual purgations, which tell⟳ us about the crime of the offender and the date⟳ of his release⟳, are much more capriciously registered: four dioceses, or some eight counties, yield⟳ only fifty-four examples between 1450 and 1530; out of twenty-four registers eleven have⟳ no such entries.”

“An intriguing puzzle is set⟳ by the Lincoln register⟳ of Thomas Bek in which many of the commissions to receive⟳ purgations are followed by a space in which the report⟳ of the result⟳ was to be entered.”

“Thus do all traitors; If their purgation did consist⟳ in words, They are as innocent as grace itself. Let⟳ it suffice thee that I trust⟳ thee not.”

“If any man doubt⟳ that, let⟳ him put⟳ me to my purgation. I have⟳ trod a measure⟳; I have⟳ flatt'red a lady; I have⟳ been politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy; I have⟳ undone three tailors; I have⟳ had four quarrels, and like⟳ to have⟳ fought one.”

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