Ablution

[ə'bluːʃ(ə)n] or [əb'lʊʃən]

Definition

(noun.) the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels.

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Definition

(n.) The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.

(n.) The water used in cleansing.

(n.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Washing (especially of the body, as a religious rite), lavation, bathing, wash.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Washing, purification, cleansing, abstersion, defecation

ANT:Pollution, soilure, defilement, dirt, contamination, taint, stain

Edited by Helen

Definition

n. act of washing esp. the body preparatory to religious rites: any ceremonial washing symbolic of moral purification: the wine and water used to rinse the chalice drunk by the officiating priest.—adj. Ablu′tionary.

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