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单词 mundation
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mundationn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mundation-, mundatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin mundation-, mundatio action of cleansing (Vetus Latina) < classical Latin mundāt- , past participial stem of mundāre to cleanse ( < mundus clean: see mundify v.) + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Middle French, French mondation purification (c1390 in religious use).
Obsolete.
The action of cleansing or washing something; the state of being cleansed.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > [noun]
cleansingc1000
rinsinga1400
abstersion?a1425
mundification?a1425
detersion1607
mundifying1610
mundation1633
fowing1636
cleaning1662
detergency1710
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 10) 1324 Every day wee gather new staines; for the mundation whereof, there is another Fountaine provided.
1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber ii. i. iv. viii. 104 Such as its Mundation (or cleansing) shall be, such will be its Perfection.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Mundation, the act of cleansing.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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