Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com

ablutionary

ADJECTIVE
washing


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

There were indeed some ablutionary gestures in the council.

From Time Magazine Archive

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




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training