purification rite
Ceremonial spiritual washing
A purification rite is a ceremonial act intended to cleanse a person, object, or place of spiritual contamination.
Such rituals appear across religions and cultures—baptism, ritual bathing, smudging with sage, or sprinkling holy water.
The contamination may come from contact with death, sin, menstruation, or other sources considered impure: The priest performed a purification rite before entering the temple.
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- holy waterSacramental liquid for blessings
- ablutionRitualized washing of body
- lustrationCleansing rite or vetting
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
wash · smudging · mikveh · prayer · laying on hands · exorcism · water · oil · catharsis · fumigation · fire ceremony · consecration · sacrifice · sin offering · ritual bath · smoke · libation · salt
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- ritualsritual, ceremony, sacrament, blessing, prayer
- Baby Ritualsnaming ceremony, baby blessing, baby dedication, welcome ceremony, brit milah
- healing ritualsreiki, energy healing, faith healing, healing circle, crystal healing
- Ritesrites, ancestral rites, burial rites, mourning rites, wedding rites
- sacred riteswedding, funeral, burial, cremation, christening
purification ritedefilement
Act of corrupting purity
desecration · profanation · pollution · contamination · dark ritual
purification riteexcommunication
Formal barring from sacraments
banishment · exile · anathema · shunning · casting out
purification ritewashing
Cleaning with liquid
bathing · sanitation · disinfection · scrubbing · sterilization