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What is an ablution?

What is an ablution? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act of washing something.
    1. (chemistry) 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. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
    2. The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite. [From mid 16th century.]
    3. (literary) Washing oneself; bathing, cleaning oneself up. [From mid 18th century.]
    4. (Western Christianity) The rinsing of the priest's hand and the sacred vessel following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and wine, which may then be drunk by the priest. [from 17th c.]
  2. The liquid used in the cleansing or ablution. [From early 18th century.]
  3. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after the Communion.
  4. (plural only, Britain, military) The location or building where the showers and basins are located. [From mid 20th century.]
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She would have been down there taking a ceremonial ablution and praying to the river god Hapi, who was also the god of fertility.
Many religions link ablution to absolution. Such associations seem to have penetrated deep into the Western imagination.
Interestingly enough, the Prophet also encouraged doing ablution before going to bed.
After proceeding on the main approach, a visitor will come to an ablution basin where the hands are washed and the mouth is rinsed.
Also, estimates provide for the provision of kitchen and ablution facilities to support three incoming new battalions.
Rehabilitation would include bringing to working order the ablution which is in a bad state as most of the toilet pans and cisterns are broken.

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