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ablution

ab.lu.tion \*-'blu:-sh*n, a-'blu:-\ \-sh*-.ner-e-\ n [ME, fr. MF or L; MF, 
   fr. L ablution-, ablutio, fr. ablutus,]pp. of abluere to wash away, fr. ab- 
   + lavere to wash - more at LYE : the washing of one's body or part of it as 
   a religious rite  - ab.lu.tion.ary aj