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Definition of ablut in English English dictionary
- ablutions
- {i} (British) structure on a military base that comprises of toilets and bathing facilities (army Slang)
- ablutions
- At the five daily prayer times prescribed by the Qur'an, ablutions are part of the ritual purification which must precede participation in contemplation and the act of prostration and prayer
- ablutions
- Ceremonial washing of communion vessels and/or the ceremonial washing of the hands of the celebrant
- ablutions
- plural of ablution
- ablutions
- The washing of one's body or parts of it as in a religious rite to ensure physical purification
- ablutions
- Someone's ablutions are all the activities that are involved in washing himself or herself. if you perform your ablutions, you wash yourself - sometimes used humorously (ablution, from , from abluere, from ab- + lavere )
- ablutions
- The ritual washing of the hands and face in prepration for prayer Bahá'u'lláh requires ablutions as part of the daily obligatory prayer See also: Obligatory Prayer
- ablutions
- Ritual cleansing of the chalice and paten after all have received bread and wine during the eucharist