(n)Royal ceremonial bath of purification head-sprinkling, See Also:royal consecration, royal head-sprinkling on the coronation ceremony, Syn.มูรธาภิเษก, Example:น้ำจากบ่อน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้ถูกกำหนดให้ใช้เป็นน้ำสรงมุทธาภิเษก ในพระราชพิธีบรมราชาภิเษก, Thai Definition:น้ำรดพระเศียรในงานราชาภิเษกหรือพระราชพิธีอื่นๆ, Notes:(บาลี)
n. [ F. purification, L. purificatio. See Purify. ] 1. The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement. [ 1913 Webster ]
When the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished. Luke ii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ぎょうずい, gyouzui](n, vs) (1) tub bath; bathing in the open air; bathing or cleaning oneself; (2) cleaning oneself for religious purification[Add to Longdo]
[じゅんか, junka](n, vs) (1) persuading by heavy-handed methods; (2) (in aesthetics) refinement; purification; elimination of non-essential elements[Add to Longdo]
[こぬさ, konusa](n) (1) (arch) small purification wand; (2) (See 切麻) thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)[Add to Longdo]
[おおぬさ, oonusa](n) (1) (arch) streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies); (2) being in great demand[Add to Longdo]
[ゆだて(湯立て;湯立);ゆだち(湯立ち;湯立), yudate ( yu tate ; yu ritsu ); yudachi ( yu tachi ; yu ritsu )](n) (See 巫女・みこ・2) Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health)[Add to Longdo]