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vulgar purgation — noun Etymology: so called from its not having been sanctioned by the church : purgation by combat or by ordeal by fire or water compare canonical purgation … Useful english dictionary
purgation — /pargeyshan/ The act of cleansing or exonerating one s self of a crime, accusation, or suspicion of guilt, by denying the charge on oath or by ordeal. Canonical purgation was made by the party s taking his own oath that he was innocent of the… … Black's law dictionary
Purgation — Pur*ga tion, n. [L. purgatio: cf. F. purgation. See {Purge}.] 1. The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuation of the bowels. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
canonical purgation — noun Etymology: translation of Medieval Latin purgatio canonica; from its use in the ecclesiastical courts : purgation by means of oath helpers compare compurgation, vulgar purgation … Useful english dictionary
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