ablutionary
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There were indeed some ablutionary gestures in the council.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The loch was a little too far from the house to be a convenient place of resort for ablutionary purposes.
From Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
The ablutionary tank made by Solomon was as large as a hundred and fifty lavatories.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
Like the other, he comes in priestly and ablutionary office.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
Upon one stood a basin, in which was water that had some time ago been used for the ablutionary purposes of someone sadly in need of a wash.
From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can) Newte