purifying
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6.2
- adjective
- /ˈpjʊrɪfaɪɪŋ/
- Formal
- According to Clement, God's absolute goodness implies that punishment can only have a pedagogical, purifying, and healing function, not only in this life, but after death as well.
Examples
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It was a purifying quality because of its role in baptism where it cleanse the soul.
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Many believe that prayer has a purifying effect on the soul, cleansing it from negative emotions.
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It's the only thing that matters for a few seconds, and it's very purifying...
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This is very purifying and remineralizing.
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There is an odd idea floating around that "service" is by itself pure and purifying.
Blog text (6) -
Miriam, however, had found her own contact with the dead intensely purifying.
Academic text (1995) -
To some people it was, as it were, a flood of light, purifying, racing, invigorating, liberating.
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This program includes guided meditations, interactive discussions, asanas, and the transmission of the sacred Shambhavi Mahamudra, which is a powerful and purifying energy technique that incorporates the breath.
Blog text (9) -
The pursuit of science, splendid and purifying, as W.B. distinguished its value and legitimacy, was simultaneously a profoundly this-worldly pursuit to him, affording this-worldly kinds of salvation.
Academic text (2005) -
The ritual of forgiveness can be a deeply purifying experience, allowing individuals to move past their guilt.
Synonyms
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4.7
Relating to washing the body for religious or spiritual reasons
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9.1
Causing a spiritual cleaning through rituals or acts that show sorrow
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9.9
A slow, painful time that feels like a test before relief
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7.0
Free from things seen as wrong by religion
Antonyms
How Purifying
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Purifying comes from the Latin word purus, meaning 'clean'. So a purifying ceremony was thought to wash away guilt or sin and make the soul 'pure'.