lustral
adjective
lustral is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to (ritual) purification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-U-S-T-R-A-L, and it appears about once in every 52 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does lustral mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to (ritual) purification.
lustral days
- 2
Of or relating to a lustrum, or period of five years.
a lustral cycle
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is lustral?
Lustral appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Lustral in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to ritual purification:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | lustral |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lustral come from?
From Latin lūstrālis, from lūstrum (“purificatory sacrifice”); compare French lustral. See lustrum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).