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Ablution
01
the act of washing oneself, often as a form of personal or spiritual cleansing
Formal
Humorous
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
singular
not gender specific
Plural form
ablutions
Examples
He performed his morning ablutions before breakfast.
02
a ritual washing of a priest's hands or sacred objects in religious ceremonies
Examples
The priest's ablution preceded the Eucharist.
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