Ablution
(usually used in the plural)
Definition
Noun
1. The act of washing oneself.
2. Formal: The washing of one’s body or part of it as part of a religious rite (part of religious purification).
3. The cleansing of sacred containers or other objects.
Usually used in the plural, ablutions are the acts you perform in order to cleanse yourself.
I performed my daily ablutions in the isolated mountain lake before donning fresh clothes.
Facts about ablution
– Faiths that use ablution for ritual purification include Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Islam, Shintoism, Taoism, and Rastafarianism. This list is not all-inclusive. Each religion has their own practices detailing which body parts must be cleansed and under what circumstances.
– In addition to ablution using water, there is dry ablution, which uses clean sand or stone or mud for ritual cleansing of the body.
