Ablution

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 1

ab-luShun, n. Act of cleansing or washing; religious purification; water used in cleansing. — Abluent, a. Cleansing; purifying. {Med.) A purifier of the blood; a detergent. 3, ab'ne-gat, . t. To deny and reject. — ion, n. Denial )enial and: renunciation. neg a'tion, tor, -ter, n. One who, etc.