v. [ad. Gr. καθαρίζ-ειν to make clean, purify, f. καθαρός clean.]

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  1.  trans. To purify (by some ceremony).

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1832.  S. Maitland, Facts & Documents, 359. The unhappy person who is to be baptized or Catharized.

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  2.  To make chemically clean (see CATHARISM 2). Hence Catharization.

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1881.  in Syd. Soc. Lex.

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