ablutionary

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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 Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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

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 Newte, Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can)

The bath-sponge was known to the Greeks at an early date, and Homer refers to it as being used for cleansing furniture, for expunging writing, and for ablutionary purposes.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson