ablution

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The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.

The water used in cleansing.

A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.

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Bright star! would I were stedfast as thou art- Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night And watching with eternal lids apart, Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their priestlike task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores. John Keats

As has been stated, "it is not sufficient for the water to merely touch the candidate; it must also flow, otherwise there would seem to be no real ablution. Source: Internet

Last week, the directorate of education in Kavango East visited renovation sites of ablution facilities at some secondary schools in the company of the deputy minister of education, Faustina Caley. Source: Internet

It includes many study and storage spaces, gender-neutral bathrooms, prayer rooms, a dance studio, an ablution room and a kitchen for all students. Source: Internet

Therefore, these ablution facilities should ultimately aim to protect and improve the health of pupils to reduce absenteeism and increase academic achievement," she stressed. Source: Internet

As such, they do not affect the validity of ablution. Source: Internet

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