kolimiskoristus
Kolimiskoristus is a Finnish term that appears in a limited number of archival and scholarly discussions. The exact meaning varies by source, but most translations render it roughly as “threefold purification” or “three-stage cleansing.” The etymology is uncertain; it is sometimes analyzed as a compound of kolmi- meaning “three” and koriste/koristus meaning “cleaning” or “ornamentation,” though the sense of the term remains debated.
In folklore and anthropology, kolimiskoristus is used to describe ritual cleansing performed before community events, harvest
In cultural heritage and restoration contexts, some writers employ kolimiskoristus to denote a three-step cleaning process
In contemporary discourse, kolimiskoristus is sometimes used metaphorically to describe a three-stage edit or cleanup of
See also: purification ritual, conservation/restoration, textual editing, data cleaning.