Definitions for lustral

lustral lus·tral

Spelling: [luhs-truh l]
IPA: /ˈlʌs trəl/

Lustral is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 135 anagrams from letters in lustral (allrstu).

Definitions for lustral

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or employed in the lustrum, or rite of purification.
  2. occurring every five years; quinquennial.

Origin of lustral

From the Latin word lūstrālis, dating back to 1525-35. See lustrum, -al1

Examples for lustral

The ancients had their lustral water for sprinkling and purifying the people.

For male children are the pillars of the house, and those whom my lustral waters sprinkle die.

He lifted his head, shaking the water from his eyes, and the very volume of the lustral flood contented him.

With the seventh the marriage is completed; and the Brahman sprinkles the youthful pair with lustral water.

But you can not use too much haste in making ready the lustral waters and the consecrations.

Not so; but I shall lave around thy head with the lustral stream.

And the seer Calchas will to his cost consecrate the sacrificial cakes and lustral waters.

Did I need such a crowd to help me by holding the lustral victims during the lengthy rite?

But the son of Peleus ran around the altar of the Goddess, taking the canister and lustral waters at the same time.

Fair dewy streams, and lustral waters from ancestral sources await thee, and the host of the Greeks eager to reach Troy.

Word Value for lustral
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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