Usually means: Cleansing, refining, or purifying process.
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  1. purificatory: Merriam-Webster
  2. purificatory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. purificatory: Collins English Dictionary
  4. purificatory: Wordnik
  5. purificatory: Wiktionary
  6. purificatory: Dictionary.com
  7. purificatory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. purificatory: FreeDictionary.org
  9. purificatory: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. purificatory: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  That purifies; purificative

Similar:
mundificative, purified, depurative, cleansing, depurinating, detoxificative, clarifying, prepurified, detersive, semipurified, more...

Opposite:
polluting, contaminating, defiling

Types:
ablution, baptism, cleansing, consecration, sanctification, more...

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Similar:
mundificative, purified, depurative, cleansing, depurinating, detoxificative, clarifying, prepurified, detersive, semipurified, more...

Opposite:
polluting, contaminating, defiling

Types:
ablution, baptism, cleansing, consecration, sanctification, more...



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