lustral

• Alas! alas, for the lustral waters there OR. —  The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.
• It consisted in washing the hands, and sometimes the whole body, in lustral or consecrated water. —  The Symbolism of Freemasonry
• But others of the Muscovite band were fond of congregating at this spot and hour for their lustral summer rites--white-skinned lads and lasses, matrons and reverent elders, all in a state of Adamitic nudity, splashing about the water of this sunny cover, devouring raw fish and crabs after the manner of the fabled Ichthyophagi, laughing, kissing, saying nice things about God, and combing out each other's long tow-coloured hair. —  South Wind
• The rescued souls by lustral waters cleansed, —  Chimes of Mission Bells; an historical sketch of California and her missions
• Slaves! slaves! bring forward the basket and the lustral water. —  The Birds

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