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ablution

(n): the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
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6 months ago reesetee said:

Also see ablutions.

6 months ago frindley said:

I use ablute as a verb all the time and think it's a shame this excellent word isn't "official"

6 months ago bilby said:


...The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors–

- John Keats, 'Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art'.

about 1 year ago ofravens said:

When washbowl
maintains it has no more holy calling
than physical ablution

from "Tale of a Tub," by Sylvia Plath

about 1 year ago skipvia said:

Perhaps performed in a neccessarium.

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