Definition of "lustral" [lus•tral]

• Of, relating to, or used in a rite of purification. (adjective)

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• "Send the maiden out to join her father, for the lustral water stands there ready, and barley-meal to scatter with the hand on the cleansing flame, and heifers to be slain in honour of the goddess Artemis, to usher in the marriage, their black blood spouting from them."
• "Ilium's town and the Phrygians; give me wreaths to cast about me; bring them hither; here are my tresses to crown; bring lustral water too."
• "Calchas, the seer, shall rue beginning the sacrifice with his barley-meal and lustral water."