This not only purifies the surfaces of the staves, but penetrates into all the cracks, some of which might escape the action of the fire.
Dry salicylic acid volatilised from a hot plate purifiesthe air, and perfectly disinfects the walls of a closed room.
A Brahman, who has performed an expiation with his whole mind fixed on God, purifies his soul.
The sacrament of Baptism regenerates the soul; the sacrament of Penance purifies it from mortal sin; the sacrament of the Eucharist renews its life; and that of Holy Orders qualifies the priest for administering these and the other sacraments.
The baptism by water and by the Spirit is a law that purifies the soul and beautifies the exterior.
Praise to the Overseer, the Lord, who rewards those who accomplish good deeds according to his own wish, purifies at last the obedient, and at last purifies even the wicked one of hell.
To say that auricular confession purifies the soul is not less ridiculous and silly than to say that the white robe of the virgin, or the lily of the valley, will become whiter by being dipped into a bottle of black ink.
The priest purifies his affections daily in communion with the Holy Spirit: the man of the world (if he ever knows love at all) sweeps the muddy crossings of the street with it day and night.
When the intoxication of the honeymoon is over, the continuance of conjugal happiness depends on an intimate adaptation of the two conjoints in sentiments, intelligence and sexual appetite; an adaptation which purifies love on both sides.
Such a conception of love refines this sentiment andpurifies it to such an extent that it loses all its pettiness, and it is pettiness which so often causes it to degenerate, even in its most loyal forms.
Thus the farmer first purifies the soil, and afterwards sows his seed, according to Jer.
Further, that which purifies the heart is incompatible with impurity.
It is standing water which purifies itself, if anything, for in stagnation there is much more chance for the disease germs to die out.
Beauty purifies the sense, Truth illuminates the mind, Virtue sanctifies the soul.
It purifies them, it gives intelligence to the hand, it disposes the heart to prayer.
If ye be imperfect in your own righteousness, comfort yourselves in the righteousness of God made yours by faith, that worketh by love and purifies your hearts, for, says the apostle, Gal.
Faith purifies the heart, because it lays hold on the promises, and makes use of the word, 2 Cor.
Faith purifies the heart, but if ye examine yourselves, your hearts will be found unclean, and such as the Holy Ghost cannot dwell in.
It purifies the heart into the obedience of them, and it works by love, and so it is the end of the law for righteousness.
And then it purifiesthe heart, and worketh by love.
Faith purifies the heart also by provocation and upstirring, in as far as it gives the answer of a good conscience.
For faith purifies the heart which sends out prayer, 1 Tim.
This is called the Gouyave water: it is not the same stream which sweeps and purifies the streets.
Praise to the Lord who awards those who accomplish good deeds according to His will, who purifies the obedient, and at last purifies the wicked in hell.
This much, however, I have proved beyond a possibility of doubt, that antimony not only purifies gold and frees it from foreign matter, but it also ameliorates all other metals, but it does the same for animal bodies.
The yield of saltpetre will be much or little in proportion to whether the solution has absorbed much or little; when the saltpetre has been obtained from lye, which purifies itself, it is somewhat clear and pure.
And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, as he is pure.
A lord purifies the air for him, and I don't think his constitution could stand without one.
The Lord still "purifies Jerusalem by the spirit of burning.
But it is "clear as crystal," and therefore it purifies and fertilizes wherever it flows.
Blood money purifies no altars nor extends the limits of the Kingdom of the Christ.
The son born of such a wife purifies ten members upwards and downwards both on the father's and the mother's side.
If the bridegroom has given a pair of cattle (a bull and cow) for religious objects, the marriage of the Rishis is celebrated; the son purifies three members upwards and downwards.
If the father gives the daughter to the bridegroom with the words: "Fulfil ye all duties which devolve on you;" it is a prajapati marriage, and the son purifies six members upwards and downwards.
By the suppression of the evil and protection of the good, the king purifies himself like a Brahman by sacrifice.
When the father gives his daughter to the priest at the sacrifice it is a divine marriage; the sonpurifies seven members upwards and downwards on either side.
But "since purification and purity consist in being separated from every foreign entity, the good is something different from the soul that purifies itself.
On the tenth day, an Oriya Brahman purifies the house by raising the sacred fire (homam).
The Poturaju then bathes and purifies himself, and goes to the temple of Lingamayya or Siva with tom-toms and music, and sacrifices a sheep there.
That is the basin of Purification, in which will be the water of Celestial Grace, water that doth not soil the hands, but purifies all leprous bodies.
It quickens the soul, purifies the heart, tranquillizes the conscience, elevates the affections, sanctifies the entire character and conduct.
The theft, which is committed trembling, and the murder from which a man purifies and re-purifies himself, but which always leaves remorse.
After two or three days she purifies herself by an informal bath, which is taken more for sanitary than for ceremonial reasons, as far as I have been able to ascertain.
Each one in turn wets his hands and purifies himself by rubbing the water on some portion of his body.
Marion (Marion Delorme) has sold herself hundreds of times; but she falls in love with a young, brave man, and this passion completely purifies her.
What purifies him in the hour of his death is not an accident, like Rolla's pure kiss, but an action of which he has dreamed ever since he grew up.
Whenever prayerpurifies our desires, and rectifies our estimates, and places great realities in spiritual lights, God is present with us.
He takes of the holiness of God, enters with it into the souls of men, and heals therewith the wounds, and purifies the taint, of sin.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "purifies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
