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ritual purification

ritual prescribed by a religion by which a person about to perform some ritual is considered to be free of uncleanliness
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ritual purification

Summary

ritual purification ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (254 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ritual purification is a type of ritual[2].
  • ritual purification is a type of cleaning[3].
  • ritual purification is the opposite of defilement in Christianity[4].
  • ritual purification's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ritual purification[5].
  • ritual purification's facet of is recorded as religion[6].
  • ritual purification's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • ritual purification's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • ritual purification's different from is recorded as ritual purity in Islam[9].
  • ritual purification's different from is recorded as ritual washing[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include ritual[2] and cleaning[3]. ritual purification is the opposite of defilement in Christianity[4].

Why It Matters

ritual purification ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (254 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

religion

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Facet of → religion
    Topic's main category → Category:Ritual purification
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29162, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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