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noun the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
noun the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
noun a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
originFrom Old French purificacion, from Latin pūrificātiō.
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