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What is the noun for ablution?

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ablution
  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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  6. Examples:
    1. “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.”
      “We are ordered to make ablution before prayer, and also to make sure that our places of prayer are free of contamination and filth.”
      “She would have been down there taking a ceremonial ablution and praying to the river god Hapi, who was also the god of fertility.”
ablutioner
  1. One who performs ablution
ablutions
  1. plural of ablution
  2. A building that houses bathing and toilet facilities on a military base. [From the mid 20th century.]
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  4. Examples:
    1. “She took up water ready for the morning ablutions.”
      “When I was done she wrapped my shoulders in a towel, and then performed her own quick ablutions as Alice and I finished drying ourselves.”
      “Most of us give little thought to what we're washing down the drain and flushing down the toilet as we go about our daily ablutions.”
ablutioners
  1. plural of ablutioner
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