Ablution

Noun

 * 1) The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
 * 2)  Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non-dissolved substance.
 * 3)  The rinsing of the priest's hand following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and wine, which may then be drunk by the priest.
 * 4)  Washing oneself; bathing, cleaning oneself up.
 * 5) The water used in cleansing.
 * 6)  The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after the Communion.

Adjectives for Ablution
sacred; ordinary; daily; outward; unwonted; ritualistic.

Thesaurus
cleaning out; douche; douching; elution; elutriation; enema; flush; flushing; flushing out; irrigation; lathering; lavabo; lavage; lavation; laving; mopping; mopping up; rinse; rinsing; scouring; scrub; scrubbing; scrubbing up; shampoo; soaping; sponge; sponging; swabbing; wash; washing; washing up; washout; washup; wiping up

Etymology
From ablucion:, ablution:, and its source,  ablutio:, from the stem of  abluo:.

Related terms

 * abluent
 * ablute

Translations

 * Bulgarian: промивка
 * Finnish: peseytyminen
 * Irish:
 * Italian:


 * Latin:
 * Russian: омовение
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:


 * : avdes
 * : ablución
 * : lễ rửa tội, lễ tắm gội, lễ rửa sạch các đồ thờ, nước tắm gội, nước rửa đồ thờ, sự tắm gội, sự rửa ráy

Anagrams

 * abutilon

Noun

 * 1)  Ritual rinsing of the priest's hand; ablution.
 * 2)  A washing, especially ritual.

Derived terms

 * ablutions

Anagrams

 * oubliant