Definition of ablution Ablution
ab•lu•tion
We found 11 definitions of ablution from 6 different sources.
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What does ablution mean?
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ablution (n.)
The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite. - ablution (n.)
The water used in cleansing. - ablution (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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ablution
The ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels. -
ablution
The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ablution
ab-lōō′shun, 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. [L. ablutio—ab, away, luĕre = lavāre, to wash.]
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🔤- ablution, noun, singular of ablutions.
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