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# ablution

«ablution» in Mova's school dictionary: **a washing of the body, often as part of a religious…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural ablutions)

### meaning for a pupil

An ablution is a washing of the body, often as part of a religious ritual or a set custom before prayer or a special act. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ablution/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a ritual washing before a holy act; a prince who asks for water to wash before his last task

### examples

- Before prayer he made his ablutions at the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ablution/#x1)
- The priest performed his ablutions in silence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ablution/#x2)
- The prince asked for water for his last ablution. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ablution/#x3)
- Each morning the monk took his ablutions in cold water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ablution/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ablution» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ablution/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.