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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ablution /əˈbluːʃ(ə)n/

▶noun

1 (usu. ablutions) formal or humorous an act of washing.
■ a ceremonial act of washing parts of the body or sacred containers.

2 (ablutions) Brit. (in army slang) a room with washing places and toilets.

– derivatives
ablutionary adjective.

– origin ME: from L. ablutio(n-), from abluere, from ab- ‘away’ + luere ‘wash’.

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