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Definition of Ablutionary
1. Adjective. Cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands. "Ablutionary rituals"
Definition of Ablutionary
1. a. Pertaining to ablution.
Definition of Ablutionary
1. Adjective. Pertaining to ablution ¹
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Definition of Ablutionary
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ablutionary
Literary usage of Ablutionary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Japan at First Hand: Her Islands, Their People, the Picturesque, the Real by Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clarke (1918)
"... and tomb—Wonders of carving—The ablutionary—The Chinese gate—The dancing
priestess of Nara. I KNOW nothing jollier than a crowd of Japanese pilgrims on ..."
2. My Consulate in Samoa: A Record of Four Years' Sojourn in the Navigators by William Brown Churchward (1887)
"The John Wesley in Trading Trim—Heavy Weather—Off Port Stephens—Gale subsides—ablutionary
Difficulties— Mixed Nationalities—The Inevitable Deported ..."
3. The Pentateuch According to the Talmud: Genesis: with a Talmudical Commentary by Paul Isaac Hershon, Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones (1883)
"ablutionary-FONT, WATER, SEA. 1. Hillel says: A Hin full of drawn water ...
would render the ablutionary-font illegal, they at once confirmed their words. ..."
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