Jun 22 2010
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Word bus #2
Heard this twice in the same day a few weeks ago, but it’s such an odd word I didn’t forget it.
Today’s word is: ABLUTION
The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite; The water used in cleansing; The rinsing of the priest’s hand following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and wine, which may then be drunk by the priest …
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ablution
http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=20&hl=en&q=define:+ablution&btnG=Search&meta=
I would never have guessed that’s what that word meant from reading it.
