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Lavation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The process of washing; a cleansing.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A washing or cleansing.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A washing or cleansing.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A washing or cleansing.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

Word Usage

"And he who would avenge a murder shall observe all the precautionary ceremonies of lavation, and any others which the God commands in cases of this kind."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

work

Hyponym

ablution bathing dishwashing soaking soak washing-up window-washing rinse washup laundering