Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: purification
IPA transcription: [pj,ʊɹəfək'eɪʃən]
Pronunciations of purification
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: purification
    Meaning: the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
Usage examples
  • Like a sickness or a spiritual retreat it purifies and ennobles; and the soul emerges from it stronger and more self-contained.' To him, certainly, it has been a mode of purification.
  • During the armistice the Athenians expelled the Delians from Delos, concluding that they must have been polluted by some old offence at the time of their consecration, and that this had been the omission in the previous purification of the island, which, as I have related, had been thought to have been duly accomplished by the removal of the graves of the dead.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Helium, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cyclone Elita, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Catholic Church, License CC BY-SA 4.0