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PRONUNCIATION OF PURGATION

purgation  [pɜːˈɡeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PURGATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Purgation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PURGATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of purgation in the English dictionary

The definition of purgation in the dictionary is the act of purging or state of being purged; purification.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PURGATION


aggregation
ˌæɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən
allegation
ˌælɪˈɡeɪʃən
centrifugation
ˌsɛntrɪfjʊˈɡeɪʃən
congregation
ˌkɒŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən
conjugation
ˌkɒndʒʊˈɡeɪʃən
delegation
ˌdɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən
elongation
ˌiːlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən
homologation
hɒˌmɒləˈɡeɪʃən
interrogation
ɪnˌtɛrəˈɡeɪʃən
investigation
ɪnˌvɛstɪˈɡeɪʃən
irrigation
ˌɪrɪˈɡeɪʃən
ligation
laɪˈɡeɪʃən
litigation
ˌlɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən
mitigation
ˌmɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən
navigation
ˌnævɪˈɡeɪʃən
obligation
ˌɒblɪˈɡeɪʃən
prolongation
ˌprəʊlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən
propagation
ˌprɒpəˈɡeɪʃən
relegation
ˌrɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən
segregation
ˌsɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PURGATION

pure-hearted
pure-minded
pureblood
purebred
puree
purely
pureness
purfle
purfler
purfling
purfly
purgative
purgatively
purgatorial
purgatorially
purgatorian
purgatory
purge
purgeable
purger

WORDS THAT END LIKE PURGATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of purgation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «purgation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PURGATION

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Translator English - Chinese

下法
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

purgación
570 millions of speakers

English

purgation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विरेचन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التطهير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

очищение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

purgação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিরেচন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

purgation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Purgasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reinigung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

浄罪
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대변을 통하게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Purgasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự tẩy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மலம் கழித்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शुद्धीकरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

temizleme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

purificazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oczyszczenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

очищення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

purgație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάθαρση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

purgatie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

laxering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

purgation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of purgation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PURGATION»

The term «purgation» is regularly used and occupies the 87.231 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PURGATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about purgation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURGATION»

Discover the use of purgation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to purgation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Purgation and Purgatory: The Spiritual Dialogue
Purgation and Purgatory is a collection of sayings on spiritual purification in this life and the next. The Spiritual Dialogue gives us a readable and coherent inner history of Catherine.
Caterina (de Gènova, ), 1979
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The Doctrine of Purgation: Curiosities from Ancient and ...
Curiosities from Ancient and Modern Literature. A Collection of Quotations on the Use of Purgatives, from Hippocrates, and Other Medical Writers, Covering a Period of Over Two Thousand Years, Proving Purgation is the Corner-stone of All  ...
‎1867
3
The Paradox of Purgation: Recovering Hope in a Contemporary ...
Elise Anne Italiano. daily and quite vividly.142 In the end, she also endured severe physical suffering and disease which eventually took her life. Like Dante, Catherine of Genoa conceives of a harmonious cosmic order that takes into account ...
Elise Anne Italiano, 2008
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Scientific Basis for Ayurvedic Therapies
TABLE 4.8 Assessing Success of Therapeutic Purgation on the Basis of Clinical Manifestations stomach should preferably be empty, in contrast to emesis where the stomach must be full. Depending on their mode of action and degree of ...
Lakshmi C. Mishra, 2003
5
The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Spirituality
PENELOPE D. JOHNSON Catharsis Catharsis, purgation or spiritual purification refers to the events and processes by which an individual is cleansed and freed from those impediments - sensible, intellectual, and spiritual - which block the ...
Gordon S. Wakefield, 1983
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Aristotle on the Function of Tragic Poetry
ilar effect of the two major genres of literary fiction3 in antiquity cannot have been either a medical purgation or a religious lustration of the soul because their general— truly massive- audiences were neither sick and in need of medical ...
Gregory Michael Sifakis, 2001
7
Essays on Aristotle's Poetics
For what we wish to know is how Aristotle conceived of the process of katharsis as it occurs in the performance of a tragedy. Even if we accept that Aristotle drew on the metaphor of purgation in naming this emotional process "katharsis," what ...
Amélie Rorty, 1992
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Transpersonal Psychology in Psychoanalytic Perspective
cendant position is even consolidated by active purgation to the extent that the ego achieves independence from the dominating influence of the senses and desires and gains command over interior faculties. Passive purgation, in contrast,  ...
Michael Washburn, 1994
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The Daoist Monastic Manual : A Translation of the Fengdao ...
[9a] The “Rules for Worshiping the Dao according to the Three Caverns” says: The first day of the first month is the purgation of devotion to longevity. The seventh day of the first month is the purgation to extend spirit. The eighth day of the ...
Livia Kohn Associate Professor of Religion Boston University, 2004
10
The Ayurveda Encyclopedia: Natural Secrets to Healing, ...
Purgation can be done for 2 to 3 days in a row in severe conditions, or 2 to 3 times every other day. If one can schedule this day for a weekend or other calm day, it will be more beneficial, practical, and more relaxing. Mild, short-term purgation ...
Swami Sadashiva Tirtha, R. C. Uniyal, S. Sandhu, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PURGATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term purgation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Inside One Of the Most Extreme Cleanses On Earth
If I wrote a memoir of my journey, it would have been called Eat, Work, Cleanse. This would be the expurgated version…emphasis on the purgation. Share. «HarpersBAZAAR.com, Jul 15»
2
I'ma man without conviction
... Barack Obama has veered left, written off the white working class, and been seized by a practically religious enthusiasm for cultural reformation and purgation, ... «National Review Online, Jun 15»
3
Greeks sail into Grexit calendar and uncharted waters
Greece has entered a bleak calendar of last ditch attempts to prevent it falling out of the Eurozone and facing unknown domestic financial purgation. «International Business Times UK, Jun 15»
4
thisquietarmy – Anthems For Catharsis
... try tracks two and five, “Purgation/Purification” and “Masquerade,” respectively. The awkwardness of the drumming on “Purgation/Purification” is embarrassing. «DOA, Jun 15»
5
Thisquietarmy 'Anthems for Catharsis' (album stream)
From the eerie opening notes and slow-building suspense of "Ruminations" to the onslaught of percussion throughout "Purgation/Purification" to the industrial ... «Exclaim!, May 15»
6
Review of “Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory”: Nobody Expects Jerry Walls
Second, Walls makes the obvious point that every Christian believes in “purgation” at death. Almost all Christians die with sin problems. No sinner is in Heaven. «Patheos, Mar 15»
7
Letter: News article on Kagan leaves out the important details
... and its multi-party state-based (and Western-backed) policies of cultural contention, ethnic purgation and ambitions of resource appropriation and hegemony, ... «The Chicago Maroon, Feb 15»
8
Reese Witherspoon goes on an illuminating journey of purgation
Reese Witherspoon is mighty proud of her latest starrer, “Wild”—and with good reason. The deceptively “small” film tells the true story of a woman whose adult ... «Inquirer.net, Feb 15»
9
Rise Of Doom Posts "Gaia" Music Video
Grenoble, France-based metal band Rise Of Doom just dropped a new official music video for the song "Gaia," taken off the "Purgation" album. The album was ... «Metal Underground, Jan 15»
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Braintree Labs., Inc. v. Novel Labs., Inc. (Fed. Cir.)
Why Novel Prevailed: The district court construed “purgation” to mean “an evacuation of a copious amount of stool from the bowels after oral administration of the ... «JD Supra, Jul 14»

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