{"def":{"short":"a washing off, i.e., (ceremonially) ablution, (morally) expiation","long":["a cleansing, purification, a ritual purgation or washing",["of the washing of the Jews before and after their meals","of levitical purification of women after childbirth","a cleansing from the guilt of sins wrought by the expiatory sacrifice of Christ"]]},"deriv":"from G2511","pronun":{"ipa":"kɑ.θɑ.riˈsmos","ipa_mod":"kɑ.θɑ.riˈsmows","sbl":"katharismos","dic":"ka-tha-ree-SMOSE","dic_mod":"ka-tha-ree-SMOSE"},"see":["G2511"]}