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131Grin, Aleksandr Stepanovich — ▪ Soviet author pseudonym of Aleksandr Stepanovich Grinevsky born Aug. 11 [Aug. 23, New Style], 1880, Slobodskoy, Russia died July 8, 1932, Stary Krym, Crimea, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now in Ukraine] Soviet prose writer notable for his… …
132purification rite — ▪ anthropology Introduction any of the ceremonial acts or customs employed in an attempt to reestablish lost purity or to create a higher degree of purity in relation to the sacred (the transcendental realm) or the social and cultural realm …
