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What does lavatory mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word lavatory? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly:
    1. A laver: a washbasin.
    2. (archaic) A bathtub.
    3. (Christianity) A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.
    4. (Christianity) A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the eucharist.
    5. (Christianity, usually figuratively) A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins.
    6. A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
  2. Handwashing, particularly
    1. (Christianity) The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.
    2. (Christianity) The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.
  3. (obsolete) A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse.
  4. (dated) A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands.
  5. (euphemistic) A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).
  6. (Britain, New England) A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
  7. (dated) A place to wash clothes: a laundry.
  8. (obsolete) A place where gold is panned.
  9. (obsolete) A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid.
Adjective
  1. (dated) Washing, or cleansing by washing.
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