Ablution
31ablution — see LAVATORY …
32ABLUTION — cleansing. In ISLAM, and many other religious TRADITIONS, ritual cleansing is essential before the worshiper can pray or perform religious duties …
33ablution — ab·lu·tion || É™ bluËʃn n. ritual cleansing or washing; washing of the body …
34ablution — [ə blu:ʃ(ə)n] noun 1》 (usu. ablutions) formal or humorous an act of washing. ↘a ceremonial act of washing parts of the body or sacred containers. 2》 (ablutions) Brit. (in army slang) a room with washing places and toilets. Derivatives… …
35ablution — n. Washing (especially of the body, as a religious rite), lavation, bathing, wash, purification, cleansing, baptism …
36ablution — n 1. cleansing, purification, purifying, depuration, depurating, purge, purging, mundifying, epuration, lustration, lustrating; decontamination, decontaminating, depollution, depolluting, sanitization, sanitizing, antisepsis; baptizing,… …
37ablution — ab·lu·tion …
38ablution — ab•lu•tion [[t]əˈblu ʃən[/t]] n. 1) rel a cleansing with water or other liquid, esp. as a religious ritual 2) the liquid used 3) a washing of the hands, body, etc • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < L ablūtiō=ablū , var. s. of abluere+ tiō tion… …
39ablution — /əˈbluʃən / (say uh bloohshuhn) noun 1. a cleansing with water or other liquid, as in ceremonial purification. 2. the liquid used. 3. (plural) the act of washing oneself: do one s ablutions. {Middle English, from Latin ablūtio a washing,… …
40ablution — n. act of washing; pl. washing the face and hands; washing place. ♦ ablutionary, a …
