ablutionsplural noun washing, bathing, wash, bath, showering, toilet, cleansing, scrubbing, purification, lavation He spent about 15 minutes doing his daily ablutions.
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Her bridal adornments, it is true, at first caused some little dismay, having painted and anointed herself for the occasion according to the Chinook toilet; by dint, however, of copious ablutions, she was freed from all adventitious tint and fragrance, and entered into the nuptial state, the cleanest princess that had ever been known, of the somewhat unctuous tribe of the Chinooks.
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