abdestn.

1667 P. Rycaut Present State Ottoman Empire ii. x. 60/1 At the Abdest or Washing, you hold it not lawful to wash the bare feet, but onely lightly stroke them over.

1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans vi. 42 After they have wash'd, or taken abdes in the Morning, it may serve for the whole Day after, with this Proviso, viz. that they keep themselves Clean.

1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 91 A small spring supplies us with Abdest [Fr. de quoi faire l'Abdeste].

1808 P. B. Campenhausen Trav. Russ. Empire 71 Near the stove is a large pot, fastened in the wall, containing warm water for the Abdest or ablution prescribed by the law.

1886 A. N. Wollaston Half Hours with Muhammad 188 ‘Wazu’ or ‘Abdast’ the ordinary ablution..consists of washing the face from the top of the forehead to the chin, as far as the ear; in cleansing the hands and arms up to each elbow; in rubbing a fourth part of the head with the wet hand; and in wiping the feet to the ankles.

?1913 I. Kúnos Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales 317 When he had taken his abdest and said his prayers the day had fully dawned.

2004 P. Daugherty in D. K. Washburn & D. W. Crowe Symmetry comes of Age x. 337 The focus of the purifying abdest is on eliminating polluting substances that have passed from the inside to the outside of the body.