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Lustration (gcide) | Lustration \Lus*tra"tion\, n. [L. lustratio: cf. F. lustration.]
1. The act of lustrating or purifying.
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And holy water for lustration bring. --Dryden.
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2. (Antiq.) A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities,
fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence,
or other cause of uncleanness, were purified.
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illustration (encz) | illustration,ilustrace n: Zdeněk Brož |
illustrations (encz) | illustrations,ilustrace n: Zdeněk Brožillustrations,obrázky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Flustration (gcide) | Flustration \Flus*tra"tion\, n.
The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry. [Colloq.]
--Richardson.
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Illustration (gcide) | Illustration \Il`lus*tra"tion\, n. [L. illustratio: cf. F.
illustration.]
1. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and
distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated,
or of being made clear and distinct.
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2. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended
to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
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3. A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a
literary work.
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Perlustration (gcide) | Perlustration \Per`lus*tra"tion\, n. [L. perlustrare to wander
all through, to survey. See 3d Luster.]
The act of viewing all over. [Archaic] --Howell.
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illustration (wn) | illustration
n 1: artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
2: showing by example [syn: exemplification, illustration]
3: an item of information that is typical of a class or group;
"this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome";
"there is an example on page 10" [syn: example,
illustration, instance, representative]
4: a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used
make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand |
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