Meaning & use
ablution
The act of washing oneself, especially as part of a religious ritual.
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Before entering the temple, worshippers perform a simple ablution at the fountain.
He joked about his morning ablutions taking longer than everyone else's breakfast.
A note on using this word
"Ablutions" is almost always used in the plural, and it can be used humorously in British English to mean simply washing up.
Words with a similar meaning
washingcleansing
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