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ablution

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8 lettersPronunciation /əˈbluː.ʃn̩/Part of speech nounSorted abilnotuStarts with AEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels

Word origin

From Middle English ablucioun (“cleansing of impurities”), from Old French ablution, and its source, Late Latin ablūtiō (“a washing away”), from abluō (“wash away”), from ab- (“away”) + lavō (“wash”).

Used in a sentence

  • Let water be brought to perform my ablutions, and let the pious Fakreddin be called to offer up his prayers with mine.
  • He followed the steps of Bella, who soon conducted him to his chamber, and left him to those ablutions which a long ride along a sandy road had rendered particularly necessary.
  • She treats him not as a doddering old fool but as a man hampered in his movements by injury. Patiently, without baby-talk, she helps him through his ablutions.

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