And the purgation was a recantation, which began thus. From Wordnik.com. [Phaedrus] Reference
A purgation, that is, by way of Epitome, to cut all ouer much away. From Wordnik.com. [The Scholemaster] Reference
"purgation" of the heart and will, is demanded of those who would develop the form of consciousness called "mystical.". From Wordnik.com. [Practical Mysticism A Little Book for Normal People] Reference
Essex, and early in 1330 was admitted to purgation. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
If any man doubt that, let him put me to my purgation. From Wordnik.com. [As You Like It] Reference
The simplest of these processes was purgation by oath. From Wordnik.com. [The Customs of Old England] Reference
An isolated lump may even persist after free purgation. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
Society was put to its purgation in very plausible fashion. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863] Reference
Edward loued hir after hir purgation, why Robert archbishop of. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (8 of 8) The Eight Booke of the Historie of England] Reference
Fra Battista was to stand on the rood-step to make his purgation. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
True, true, and now you will be my purgation, and let me loose. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times] Reference
Purification and purgation were means of getting rid of disease and plague. From Wordnik.com. [CATHARSIS] Reference
‘All right, old fellow; — I didn’t mean to put you on your purgation. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Chronicle of Barset] Reference
And the parts of this division of the case are two: purgation and deprecation. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4] Reference
But this victory over herself, and purgation of her affections, was completed by. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Another interpretation of catharsis is based on the medical meaning of purgation. From Wordnik.com. [CATHARSIS] Reference
It must suffice to point out that psychologically it is a cleansing or purgation. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
A century will pass before Lyons will recover itself from this Jacobin purgation. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808] Reference
So if you're ready to indulge in some purely negative emotional purgation, read on. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Dorchen: A Paroxysm of Voterly Rage] Reference
So I feel that there's a certain sense of purgation or catharsis that has taken place. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2003] Reference
Earle Goodwine was also put to his purgation, by taking an oth that he was not guiltie. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (7 of 8) The Seventh Boke of the Historie of England] Reference
The administration of aloes in this case is extremely apt to induce a fatal super-purgation. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Closely related to religious purification is the medi - cal concept of catharsis or purgation. From Wordnik.com. [CATHARSIS] Reference
Scarcely has the little being seen the light of the world, when the process of purgation begins. From Wordnik.com. [Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent] Reference
This therapy is mainly a mental one, but it acts in a manner that is analogous to bodily purgation. From Wordnik.com. [CATHARSIS] Reference
It is not necessary for me to point out the value of free purgation and diaphoresis in this respect. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
Meanwhile it may be pointed out that purgation by oath was itself a distinct appeal to the Almighty. From Wordnik.com. [The Customs of Old England] Reference
One suspected of robbery shall clear himself by taking the oath of purgation, with seven compurgators. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
Here, it is evident, we are on the same ground as in the chapter treating of purgation by oath and the ordeal. From Wordnik.com. [The Customs of Old England] Reference
Poetry, music, and dance were strictly con - nected with each other as ritual means to purification and purgation. From Wordnik.com. [CATHARSIS] Reference
When, at length, he was content, he placed himself in the hands of this jury as regarded the purgation of the charge. From Wordnik.com. [The Customs of Old England] Reference
Bajans, at the College of Annecy, in the same University, throws a little more light on the actual ceremony of purgation. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Medieval University] Reference
The greek word for purgation, cleansing, and puri - fication is a word that has become part of the learned vocabulary of scholars. From Wordnik.com. [CATHARSIS] Reference
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