ablutionn.

Brit.

/əˈbluːʃn/, U.S.

/əˈbluʃ(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English ablucione, Middle English ablucioun, Middle English alblucioun (transmission error), Middle English albucioun (transmission error), Middle English–1500s ablucion, 1500s– ablution; also Scottish pre-1700 ablucioun.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ablution; Latin ablution-, ablutio.

Etymology: < Middle French ablucion, Middle French, French ablution purification by baptism (13th cent. in Old French), action or an act of washing the body as a religious rite (14th cent. with reference to baptism; 1551 in Calvin with reference to other ceremonial washings (in Jewish and Christian ceremonies); the general sense ‘act of washing or bathing oneself’ (without religious context) is apparently first attested later (1732 or earlier); however, compare the specific medical sense ‘act of rinsing (the mouth)’ which is attested in 1480 in ablution de la bouce ), ceremonial washing of the chalice and paten, wine used to wash the fingers of the celebrant after the Eucharist (both 1680) and its etymon post-classical Latin ablution-, ablutio spiritual purification (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), purification by baptism, also the baptism itself (both 4th cent.), action or process of washing or cleansing (5th cent.), water in which something has been washed (c1072, c1330 in British sources), purification of oils (1363 in Chauliac) < classical Latin ablūt- , past participial stem of abluere to wash off (see abluent adj.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Catalan ablució (c1370 or earlier), Spanish ablución (first half of the 15th cent. as †abluçion). N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æ̆blⁱū·ʃən) /æˈbl(j)uːʃən/.

I. The act or process of washing clean.

1. Chemistry. Originally: the purification of oils and other substances by a process of emulsification with hot water, the water being drained off after the two immiscible liquids have been allowed to separate (now historical). In later use more widely: the thorough washing or rinsing of a precipitate or other insoluble substance with water or another solvent.The plural form in quot. c1405 (if valid) indicates the sense ‘an act of purification in this way’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > elution

ablutionc1405

elution1617

edulcorating1660

edulcoration1758

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) G. §3. l. 856 Yet forgat I to maken rehersaille Of..Oilles Ablucions [c1410 Harl. 7334 ablucioun, c1415 Corpus Oxf. ablucion, c1415 Lansd. ablucione] and metal fusible.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 6^v Of ablucioun i. wasshing [L. ablutione; Paris clensynge] of oile of wex & of turbentyne & of butir.

a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) l. 1623 (MED) Wax..and butter and gummes all, A litell hete maketh them to melt & fall; watter clenseth with ablucion blyue and thinges mortefied causeth to reuyue.

1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 40 in Jewell House A soft or slimie substance, which you may after cleanse by ablution.

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. v. sig. F ‘Name..the Martyrizations Of Mettalls, in the Worke.’ ‘Sir, Putrefaction, Solution, Ablution, Sublimation, [etc.].’

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 338 Ablution is exaltation, cleansing vncleane things by often infusion.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Ablution..is sometimes also used, tho with less Propriety, for the washing, or infusing of certain Medicines in Water, to freshen 'em, and dissolve their Salts; called Dulcifying.

1755 Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 853 Great care should be taken therefore in the ablution of the sulphur auratum; for the acid salts are not so easily washed off as some would imagine.

1759 R. Dossie Inst. Exper. Chem. II. 419 The redissolution of the platina precipitated, is more difficult than the meer ablution of the salts.

1865 Proc. Royal Soc. 14 151 After all the solution of chloride of calcium has been separated from it by means of blotting-paper, or..ablution with absolute alcohol, it is not deliquescent in an ordinary atmosphere.

1954 Osiris 11 32 In the preparation of the salts are recommended the processes of ablution, calcination, sublimation, dissolution, distillation, congelation, and cerration.

1992 Organometallics 11 2672/2 Transparent, colorless plates began to grow..followed by a colorless powder which, after 2 h, was removed by repeated ablution with dry pentane.

a. The action or an act of washing the body as a religious rite; ritual or prescribed washing of oneself or of another. Also figurative. Now usually in plural.

ΚΠ

1533 T. More Apol. viii, in Wks. (1557) 861/1 Obedience on the mannes part in submytting hymselfe to that ablucion [sc. baptism].

1592 A. Willet Synopsis Papismi 463 The satisfaction and ransome of our sinnes by Christs blood, and our ablution and washing from the same.

1630 S. Ward Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. clx. 440 Ablution of Infants from Original Sin, is only conditional and expectative.

1688 J. Phillips tr. Du Vignau Turkish Secretary 76 [The Grand Signior] is by Religion oblig'd to go into it [sc. the Bath] on the Friday, the better to sanctifie the Day, and to wipe away by this solemn Ablution, in washing extreamly all the parts of the body, what may have sullied the soul.

1710 tr. A. Arnauld Constant Belief Catholick Church in All Ages ii. 48 The exterior Ablution in Baptism is the Figure of the interior, and yet they are both link'd together.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 240 A Jordan for th' ablution of our woes.

1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings 55 The Rajah desired leave to perform his ablutions.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iii. 47 He eyed me with much suspicion; perhaps he had heard of ablutions in the Mahomedan religion.

1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine vii. 306 Ablutions, in the East, have always been more or less a part of religious worship.

1903 G. W. Forrest Cities of India iii. 66 All the Muslim wants is a courtyard with a tank for ablution [etc.].

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 65/2 The purport, then, of ablutions is to remove, not dust and dirt, but the—to us imaginary—stains contracted by contact with the dead.

1992 G. Hancock Sign & Seal v. xiv. 368 Others believed that it [sc. the ‘Sea’] had been used by the priests for their ritual ablutions.

b. Christian Church. The ceremonial washing of the chalice and paten after, or of the celebrant's fingers before, during, and after, the Eucharist.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > parts of service > offertory > [noun] > washing of hands during

lotion1529

ablution1699

lavabo1858

lavatory1896

society > faith > worship > parts of service > post-communion > [noun] > cleansing of chalice

lotion1529

ablution1699

purification1768

society > faith > worship > parts of service > post-communion > [noun] > cleansing of hands

lavatory1445

lotion1529

ablution1699

1699 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. IX. viii. 90 In the Celebration of the Mass the Ablution of the Chalice ought not to be omitted.

1733 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations I. 340 Also that which is poured out for the Ablution of the Chalice, which he wipes with the Purificatory, or white Linen Cloth.

1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed v. 99 After the Communion, the Priest takes first a little Wine into the Chalice, which is called the first Ablution.

?1780 W. Hurd New Universal Hist. Relig. Rites 190/2 He [sc. the Pope] then..sucks up some part of the consecrated wine, leaving the rest to the deacon, who carries the chalice to the altar, and there sucks up some of the remaining wine, leaving the rest to the sub-deacon, who drinks it without the pipe, as also that which is poured out for the ablution of the chalice.

1848 Ecclesiologist 8 99 Wine for the ablution of the chalice of the mass, and also another chalice to receive the perfusion of the fingers.

1869 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 196/1 A large number of the congregation..leave the church before the consumption of the remaining elements and the ablutions of the sacred vessels.

1903 J. H. Matthews Mass & Folklore 113 After the priest had taken Holy Communion..and had rinsed the chalice and performed the ablutions, he formerly poured the water of the final ablution into the piscina.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 65/2 In its technical ecclesiastical sense the ablution is the ritual washing of the chalice and of the priest's fingers after the celebration of Holy Communion in the Catholic Church.

1974 F. L. Cross & E. A. Livingstone Oxf. Dict. Christian Church (ed. 2) 5 The Missal of Pius V..prescribed a twofold ablution of the chalice first with wine, then with wine and water, the ablution of the fingers..being connected with the latter.

3. Frequently humorous (with mock formal tone). The action or an act of washing oneself; personal cleansing; bathing. Now usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun]

lotiona1513

ablution1664

toilet1684

washing1896

1664 T. Philipot Orig. & Growth Spanish Monarchy i. 155 Their Arms and Knees are stained with variety of Paintings, not to be forced off with frequent Ablution.

1707 G. Hickes tr. F. de S. de la Mothe-Fénelon Instr. Educ. Daughter xiv. 265 A clean and slender Diet, frequent and moderate Labour, with Ablutions and Bathings in cold Water.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lxiv. 306 Having performed the ceremony of ablution, I shifted.

1778 J. Wedgwood Let. 15 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 224 I..shall be impatient to have it confirmed..that both she and your self recieve [sic] much benefit from your daily ablutions.

1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. vi. 179 An ablution..uniformly preceded the repast.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iv. 38 I made up for the necessarily scanty ablutions of the morning.

1895 Argosy Dec. 202/2 The venerated priest..started along the banks for a convenient spot for making his evening ablution.

1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson 250 He washed his hands. The fact that he had touched Zuleika gave to this ablution a symbolism that made it the more refreshing.

1950 J. Cannan Murder Included iii. 44 The bedroom..was only locked by the deceased during her ablutions.

1994 N. Parker Parkhurst Tales xviii. 223 It was an effort to get out of bed and start my ablutions.

II. Concrete senses.

a. The water or other liquid with which anything is washed or washed down.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > water or solutions

watereOE

lyec1200

lavatoryc1475

lavament1598

lavature1601

loture1601

ablution1623

1623 I. R. tr. A. de Molina Treat. Holy Sacrifice Masse 68 Hauing taken the ablution of gall and vinager her came to say Ite missa est.

1672 Man. Devout Prayers 90 [The host] is so to be let down into the stomach without chewing: Then take the Ablution, which is a little Wine.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 413 Wash'd by the briny Wave, the pious Train Are cleans'd, and cast th' Ablutions in the Main.

1727 C. Pitt Poems & Transl. 30 Small is the sacred Stream, but never stain'd With Mud, or foul Ablutions from the Land.

1731 H. Travers tr. Homer Iliad iii, in Misc. Poems & Transl. 153 Near to the Kings the sacred Heralds drew, And o'er their Hands the pure Ablution threw.

1800 T. Carbry tr. A. Valsecchi Found. Relig. II. xii. 239 Such [invisible effects] are an ablution, a food, an unction, which are applied to us by the sensible words of his [sc. God's] ministers.

1851 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad i. 11 The son of Atreus ordered the armies to purify themselves; and they were purified, and cast forth the ablutions into the sea.

1928 K. Saunders Gospel for Asia i. 5 He gives to each pilgrim a sip of water from the ablutions of the god.

1992 P. J. Kavanagh Coll. Poems 87 At least we've noticed we're running out of solutions, noticed the babies floating away in the thrown-away ablutions.

b. Christian Church. The wine and water used to cleanse the chalice, and wash the fingers of the celebrant after the Eucharist. Cf. sense 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > consumables > eucharistic elements > wine > [noun] > mixed with water

ablution1740

mixed chalice1877

1740 R. Challoner Garden of Soul 102 After the communion, the priest takes the Lotions or Ablutions of wine and water into the chalice.

1846 W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae I. 239 The ablution in other instances, if not cast into the fire, was to be carried into the sacrarium, doubtless in order to be thrown away through the piscina.

1866 J. Purchas & F. G. Lee Directorium Anglicanum (ed. 3) 351 The wine poured into the chalice and also the wine and water poured into the same and over the priest's fingers..is drunk by the celebrant and called the ablution.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 65/2 The wine and water used for this purpose [sc. washing of the chalice and of the priest's fingers] are themselves sometimes called ‘the ablution’.

1962 A. Fortescue & J. B. O'Connell Ceremonies Rom. Rite Descr. (ed. 12) vi. 74 The priest..drinks the ablution, using the same side of the chalice from which he received Communion.

1998 L. Kaelber Schools of Ascetism i. iii. 159 Such negligence consisted in the clergy's..celebrating the Mass a second time while tipsy from drinking the ablution left from the previous celebration.

†5. Chemistry. A substance obtained by ablution (sense 1). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. lxxxiv. 733 Cured by washing with the ablution of Turpethum Minerale.

1703 W. Salmon Collectanea Medica i. ix. 58/1 If you first wash them [sc. ulcers] when foul, with the ablution of Merc. dulcis in Lime water, &c.

6. Military slang (chiefly British). In plural. A building or room containing washing facilities and toilets.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > place for washing > building

furo1615

ablution1955

1955 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 10 Oct. 6/4 The signal school wasn't caught short. The ablutions were spotless.

1958 B. Behan Borstal Boy iii. 264 I went down to the ablutions and there were fellows washing and shaving.

1964 J. Hale Grudge Fight v. 74 Get him out to the ablutions. Bring some soap.

1990 M. Dewar Day in Life Brit. Army (BNC) 132 It was already 0900 hours..when B squadron crawled out of their sacks and drifted towards the ablutions.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1837 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 21 Aug. They took the vapor bath, then the ablution bath.

1853 Times 19 Jan. 7/6 A few minutes after a report of firearms was heard in the ablution-room.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 Dec. 4/1 The Royal Automobile Club has designated the various luxurious ablution chambers..by their Roman names.

1911 Royal Army Med. Corps Training (War Office) xii. 75 The ablution places need to be located conveniently near the men's tents.

1921 Jrnl. Royal Naval Med. Service 7 242 The ablution cabinet in the after inboard corner.

1967 Gloss. Sanitation Terms (B.S.I.) 6 Ablution trough, a wash basin of elongated rectangular shape in plan, at which more than one person can wash at the same time.

1985 Daily Tel. 23 Feb. 36/5 The fire began in an ablution block [at an airport].

2007 Cape Times (Nexis) 7 Aug. 2 Because of our current ablution facilities, all our gunk is fed into rivers and under our streets.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ablution
释义	ablutionn. Brit. /əˈbluːʃn/, U.S. /əˈbluʃ(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English ablucione, Middle English ablucioun, Middle English alblucioun (transmission error), Middle English albucioun (transmission error), Middle English–1500s ablucion, 1500s– ablution; also Scottish pre-1700 ablucioun. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ablution; Latin ablution-, ablutio. Etymology: < Middle French ablucion, Middle French, French ablution purification by baptism (13th cent. in Old French), action or an act of washing the body as a religious rite (14th cent. with reference to baptism; 1551 in Calvin with reference to other ceremonial washings (in Jewish and Christian ceremonies); the general sense ‘act of washing or bathing oneself’ (without religious context) is apparently first attested later (1732 or earlier); however, compare the specific medical sense ‘act of rinsing (the mouth)’ which is attested in 1480 in ablution de la bouce ), ceremonial washing of the chalice and paten, wine used to wash the fingers of the celebrant after the Eucharist (both 1680) and its etymon post-classical Latin ablution-, ablutio spiritual purification (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), purification by baptism, also the baptism itself (both 4th cent.), action or process of washing or cleansing (5th cent.), water in which something has been washed (c1072, c1330 in British sources), purification of oils (1363 in Chauliac) < classical Latin ablūt- , past participial stem of abluere to wash off (see abluent adj.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Catalan ablució (c1370 or earlier), Spanish ablución (first half of the 15th cent. as †abluçion). N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æ̆blⁱū·ʃən) /æˈbl(j)uːʃən/. I. The act or process of washing clean. 1. Chemistry. Originally: the purification of oils and other substances by a process of emulsification with hot water, the water being drained off after the two immiscible liquids have been allowed to separate (now historical). In later use more widely: the thorough washing or rinsing of a precipitate or other insoluble substance with water or another solvent.The plural form in quot. c1405 (if valid) indicates the sense ‘an act of purification in this way’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > elution ablutionc1405 elution1617 edulcorating1660 edulcoration1758 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) G. §3. l. 856 Yet forgat I to maken rehersaille Of..Oilles Ablucions [c1410 Harl. 7334 ablucioun, c1415 Corpus Oxf. ablucion, c1415 Lansd. ablucione] and metal fusible. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 6^v Of ablucioun i. wasshing [L. ablutione; Paris clensynge] of oile of wex & of turbentyne & of butir. a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) l. 1623 (MED) Wax..and butter and gummes all, A litell hete maketh them to melt & fall; watter clenseth with ablucion blyue and thinges mortefied causeth to reuyue. 1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 40 in Jewell House A soft or slimie substance, which you may after cleanse by ablution. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. v. sig. F ‘Name..the Martyrizations Of Mettalls, in the Worke.’ ‘Sir, Putrefaction, Solution, Ablution, Sublimation, [etc.].’ 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 338 Ablution is exaltation, cleansing vncleane things by often infusion. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Ablution..is sometimes also used, tho with less Propriety, for the washing, or infusing of certain Medicines in Water, to freshen 'em, and dissolve their Salts; called Dulcifying. 1755 Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 853 Great care should be taken therefore in the ablution of the sulphur auratum; for the acid salts are not so easily washed off as some would imagine. 1759 R. Dossie Inst. Exper. Chem. II. 419 The redissolution of the platina precipitated, is more difficult than the meer ablution of the salts. 1865 Proc. Royal Soc. 14 151 After all the solution of chloride of calcium has been separated from it by means of blotting-paper, or..ablution with absolute alcohol, it is not deliquescent in an ordinary atmosphere. 1954 Osiris 11 32 In the preparation of the salts are recommended the processes of ablution, calcination, sublimation, dissolution, distillation, congelation, and cerration. 1992 Organometallics 11 2672/2 Transparent, colorless plates began to grow..followed by a colorless powder which, after 2 h, was removed by repeated ablution with dry pentane. 2. a. The action or an act of washing the body as a religious rite; ritual or prescribed washing of oneself or of another. Also figurative. Now usually in plural. ΚΠ 1533 T. More Apol. viii, in Wks. (1557) 861/1 Obedience on the mannes part in submytting hymselfe to that ablucion [sc. baptism]. 1592 A. Willet Synopsis Papismi 463 The satisfaction and ransome of our sinnes by Christs blood, and our ablution and washing from the same. 1630 S. Ward Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. clx. 440 Ablution of Infants from Original Sin, is only conditional and expectative. 1688 J. Phillips tr. Du Vignau Turkish Secretary 76 [The Grand Signior] is by Religion oblig'd to go into it [sc. the Bath] on the Friday, the better to sanctifie the Day, and to wipe away by this solemn Ablution, in washing extreamly all the parts of the body, what may have sullied the soul. 1710 tr. A. Arnauld Constant Belief Catholick Church in All Ages ii. 48 The exterior Ablution in Baptism is the Figure of the interior, and yet they are both link'd together. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 240 A Jordan for th' ablution of our woes. 1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings 55 The Rajah desired leave to perform his ablutions. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iii. 47 He eyed me with much suspicion; perhaps he had heard of ablutions in the Mahomedan religion. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine vii. 306 Ablutions, in the East, have always been more or less a part of religious worship. 1903 G. W. Forrest Cities of India iii. 66 All the Muslim wants is a courtyard with a tank for ablution [etc.]. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 65/2 The purport, then, of ablutions is to remove, not dust and dirt, but the—to us imaginary—stains contracted by contact with the dead. 1992 G. Hancock Sign & Seal v. xiv. 368 Others believed that it [sc. the ‘Sea’] had been used by the priests for their ritual ablutions. b. Christian Church. The ceremonial washing of the chalice and paten after, or of the celebrant's fingers before, during, and after, the Eucharist. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > parts of service > offertory > [noun] > washing of hands during lotion1529 ablution1699 lavabo1858 lavatory1896 society > faith > worship > parts of service > post-communion > [noun] > cleansing of chalice lotion1529 ablution1699 purification1768 society > faith > worship > parts of service > post-communion > [noun] > cleansing of hands lavatory1445 lotion1529 ablution1699 1699 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. IX. viii. 90 In the Celebration of the Mass the Ablution of the Chalice ought not to be omitted. 1733 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations I. 340 Also that which is poured out for the Ablution of the Chalice, which he wipes with the Purificatory, or white Linen Cloth. 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed v. 99 After the Communion, the Priest takes first a little Wine into the Chalice, which is called the first Ablution. ?1780 W. Hurd New Universal Hist. Relig. Rites 190/2 He [sc. the Pope] then..sucks up some part of the consecrated wine, leaving the rest to the deacon, who carries the chalice to the altar, and there sucks up some of the remaining wine, leaving the rest to the sub-deacon, who drinks it without the pipe, as also that which is poured out for the ablution of the chalice. 1848 Ecclesiologist 8 99 Wine for the ablution of the chalice of the mass, and also another chalice to receive the perfusion of the fingers. 1869 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 196/1 A large number of the congregation..leave the church before the consumption of the remaining elements and the ablutions of the sacred vessels. 1903 J. H. Matthews Mass & Folklore 113 After the priest had taken Holy Communion..and had rinsed the chalice and performed the ablutions, he formerly poured the water of the final ablution into the piscina. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 65/2 In its technical ecclesiastical sense the ablution is the ritual washing of the chalice and of the priest's fingers after the celebration of Holy Communion in the Catholic Church. 1974 F. L. Cross & E. A. Livingstone Oxf. Dict. Christian Church (ed. 2) 5 The Missal of Pius V..prescribed a twofold ablution of the chalice first with wine, then with wine and water, the ablution of the fingers..being connected with the latter. 3. Frequently humorous (with mock formal tone). The action or an act of washing oneself; personal cleansing; bathing. Now usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] lotiona1513 ablution1664 toilet1684 washing1896 1664 T. Philipot Orig. & Growth Spanish Monarchy i. 155 Their Arms and Knees are stained with variety of Paintings, not to be forced off with frequent Ablution. 1707 G. Hickes tr. F. de S. de la Mothe-Fénelon Instr. Educ. Daughter xiv. 265 A clean and slender Diet, frequent and moderate Labour, with Ablutions and Bathings in cold Water. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lxiv. 306 Having performed the ceremony of ablution, I shifted. 1778 J. Wedgwood Let. 15 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 224 I..shall be impatient to have it confirmed..that both she and your self recieve [sic] much benefit from your daily ablutions. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. vi. 179 An ablution..uniformly preceded the repast. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iv. 38 I made up for the necessarily scanty ablutions of the morning. 1895 Argosy Dec. 202/2 The venerated priest..started along the banks for a convenient spot for making his evening ablution. 1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson 250 He washed his hands. The fact that he had touched Zuleika gave to this ablution a symbolism that made it the more refreshing. 1950 J. Cannan Murder Included iii. 44 The bedroom..was only locked by the deceased during her ablutions. 1994 N. Parker Parkhurst Tales xviii. 223 It was an effort to get out of bed and start my ablutions. II. Concrete senses. 4. a. The water or other liquid with which anything is washed or washed down. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > water or solutions watereOE lyec1200 lavatoryc1475 lavament1598 lavature1601 loture1601 ablution1623 1623 I. R. tr. A. de Molina Treat. Holy Sacrifice Masse 68 Hauing taken the ablution of gall and vinager her came to say Ite missa est. 1672 Man. Devout Prayers 90 [The host] is so to be let down into the stomach without chewing: Then take the Ablution, which is a little Wine. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 413 Wash'd by the briny Wave, the pious Train Are cleans'd, and cast th' Ablutions in the Main. 1727 C. Pitt Poems & Transl. 30 Small is the sacred Stream, but never stain'd With Mud, or foul Ablutions from the Land. 1731 H. Travers tr. Homer Iliad iii, in Misc. Poems & Transl. 153 Near to the Kings the sacred Heralds drew, And o'er their Hands the pure Ablution threw. 1800 T. Carbry tr. A. Valsecchi Found. Relig. II. xii. 239 Such [invisible effects] are an ablution, a food, an unction, which are applied to us by the sensible words of his [sc. God's] ministers. 1851 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad i. 11 The son of Atreus ordered the armies to purify themselves; and they were purified, and cast forth the ablutions into the sea. 1928 K. Saunders Gospel for Asia i. 5 He gives to each pilgrim a sip of water from the ablutions of the god. 1992 P. J. Kavanagh Coll. Poems 87 At least we've noticed we're running out of solutions, noticed the babies floating away in the thrown-away ablutions. b. Christian Church. The wine and water used to cleanse the chalice, and wash the fingers of the celebrant after the Eucharist. Cf. sense 2b. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > consumables > eucharistic elements > wine > [noun] > mixed with water ablution1740 mixed chalice1877 1740 R. Challoner Garden of Soul 102 After the communion, the priest takes the Lotions or Ablutions of wine and water into the chalice. 1846 W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae I. 239 The ablution in other instances, if not cast into the fire, was to be carried into the sacrarium, doubtless in order to be thrown away through the piscina. 1866 J. Purchas & F. G. Lee Directorium Anglicanum (ed. 3) 351 The wine poured into the chalice and also the wine and water poured into the same and over the priest's fingers..is drunk by the celebrant and called the ablution. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 65/2 The wine and water used for this purpose [sc. washing of the chalice and of the priest's fingers] are themselves sometimes called ‘the ablution’. 1962 A. Fortescue & J. B. O'Connell Ceremonies Rom. Rite Descr. (ed. 12) vi. 74 The priest..drinks the ablution, using the same side of the chalice from which he received Communion. 1998 L. Kaelber Schools of Ascetism i. iii. 159 Such negligence consisted in the clergy's..celebrating the Mass a second time while tipsy from drinking the ablution left from the previous celebration. †5. Chemistry. A substance obtained by ablution (sense 1). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. lxxxiv. 733 Cured by washing with the ablution of Turpethum Minerale. 1703 W. Salmon Collectanea Medica i. ix. 58/1 If you first wash them [sc. ulcers] when foul, with the ablution of Merc. dulcis in Lime water, &c. 6. Military slang (chiefly British). In plural. A building or room containing washing facilities and toilets. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > place for washing > building furo1615 ablution1955 1955 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 10 Oct. 6/4 The signal school wasn't caught short. The ablutions were spotless. 1958 B. Behan Borstal Boy iii. 264 I went down to the ablutions and there were fellows washing and shaving. 1964 J. Hale Grudge Fight v. 74 Get him out to the ablutions. Bring some soap. 1990 M. Dewar Day in Life Brit. Army (BNC) 132 It was already 0900 hours..when B squadron crawled out of their sacks and drifted towards the ablutions. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1837 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 21 Aug. They took the vapor bath, then the ablution bath. 1853 Times 19 Jan. 7/6 A few minutes after a report of firearms was heard in the ablution-room. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 Dec. 4/1 The Royal Automobile Club has designated the various luxurious ablution chambers..by their Roman names. 1911 Royal Army Med. Corps Training (War Office) xii. 75 The ablution places need to be located conveniently near the men's tents. 1921 Jrnl. Royal Naval Med. Service 7 242 The ablution cabinet in the after inboard corner. 1967 Gloss. Sanitation Terms (B.S.I.) 6 Ablution trough, a wash basin of elongated rectangular shape in plan, at which more than one person can wash at the same time. 1985 Daily Tel. 23 Feb. 36/5 The fire began in an ablution block [at an airport]. 2007 Cape Times (Nexis) 7 Aug. 2 Because of our current ablution facilities, all our gunk is fed into rivers and under our streets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1405
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