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ablutions

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ablutions
plural noun washing, bathing, wash, bath, showering, toilet, cleansing, scrubbing, purification, lavation He spent about 15 minutes doing his daily ablutions.
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ablutions [əˈbluːʃənz] (formal) npl → ablutions fpl
to perform one's ablutions → faire ses ablutions
ablutions [əˈbluːʃ/ənz] npl (Rel) (also) (hum) → abluzioni fpl
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We caught a glimpse of the handsome tessellated pavements within and of the devotees performing their ablutions at the fountains, but even that we took that glimpse was a thing not relished by the Moorish bystanders.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Her bridal adornments, it is true, at first caused some little dismay, having painted and anointed herself for the occasion according to the Chinook toilet; by dint, however, of copious ablutions, she was freed from all adventitious tint and fragrance, and entered into the nuptial state, the cleanest princess that had ever been known, of the somewhat unctuous tribe of the Chinooks.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
At that time in the morning any Christian would have washed his face; but Queequeg, to my amazement, contented himself with restricting his ablutions to his chest, arms, and hands.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
 
 
 
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