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ablutionary

ADJECTIVE
washing


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There were indeed some ablutionary gestures in the council.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ablutionary fluid is most difficult to be had in places where water is abundant.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 20, August 13, 1870 by Various

Furthermore, the filtration of water for ablutionary purposes is quite unnecessary.

From The Son of his Father by Ridgwell Cullum

When the two married, Milly's people went through that ablutionary process known as washing their hands of her.

From Gigolo by Edna Ferber

Most seamen, especially those of foreign nationality, have seemingly a horror of water for ablutionary purposes, in contradistinction to landsmen.

From Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson


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