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Definition of: compurgation
(kom′pər·gā′shən) noun
The ancient practice of clearing an accused person by the oaths of several others, usually twelve, who swore to their belief in his innocence. [<LL compurgatio, -onis <com- thoroughly + purgare cleanse]
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