The priestesses, like those they cleanse of evil spirits, are grave-faced.

It was a cleansing of the Temple; a casting out of abominations.

By avoiding disputes with these, the householder becomes cleansed of all sins.

Through water and fire must a nation be cleansed of its faults.

Don't let one day pass without a thorough cleansing of your person.

Indeed, many writers implicitly prefer a nature cleansed of human presence.

A Sunni city cleansed of Shiites would be free of informers.

This cleansing of pardon underlies all the rest of the blessings.

The bitter air of the northland had been cleansed of a pestilential breath.

All will be cleansed of the impurity which attaches to all.

By such means may all three be cleansed of their sin.

By doing this for twelve days he may be cleansed of his sin.

He had felt emasculated, nearer to the angels, cleansed of sexuality.

Cleansed of every sin, one acquires a splendour of complexion for all time.

Thy mind too has, of itself, become cleansed of every impurity.

Instead it will be cleansed of sin and re-created, reborn, renewed, made whole.