purify vs lustrate

purify and lustrate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
purify	No	No	Yes	No
lustrate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, lustrate is a hyponym of purify; that is, lustrate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than purify:

purify: make pure or free from sin or guilt
lustrate: purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials

Other hyponyms of purify include spiritualise, spiritualize.

purify (verb)	lustrate (verb)
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation	purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
make pure or free from sin or guilt
become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin