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lavabo

[luh-vay-boh, -vah-] / ləˈveɪ boʊ, -ˈvɑ- /


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Room 39, Mademoiselle, has always been the lavabo.

From Time Magazine Archive

Also a pretty, early Renaissance lavabo in Istrian stone.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

We had six massive silver candlesticks on the altar, besides those at the sides for the Elevation; the cruets were of silver also, as were the basin for the lavabo, the bell, and the thurible.

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by John Gerard

The other reliefs are Donatello's too; but the lavabo in the inner sacristy is Verrocchio's, and Verrocchio's tomb of Piero can never be overlooked even amid such a wealth of the greater master's work.

From A Wanderer in Florence by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

At mass, too, he would be served by none under the rank of an earl; and I heard that he would have a duke sometimes for his lavabo.

From The King's Achievement by Robert Hugh Benson


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