cleansing rite
Ceremonial purity act
A cleansing rite is a ceremonial act meant to purify a person, place, or object of spiritual contamination.
Religious traditions have their own versions—baptism, smudging with sage, ritual bathing—but the underlying idea is removing impurity or negative energy through symbolic action.
The shaman performed a cleansing rite before the harvest.
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- spiritual cleansingRitual removal of impurities
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- ablutionRitualized washing of body
- sacredWorthy of reverence
sacred ceremony · washing · holy water · incense · smudging · sage · white sage · sweat lodge · ceremony · spiritual · renewal · absolution · blessing · holy smoke · immersion · anoint · altar · priest
cleansing ritedefilement
Act of corrupting purity
contamination · pollution · desecration · profanation · corruption
cleansing ritedesecration
Violating something sacred
sacrilege · black mass · curse · profanation · hex
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