ablution
n . 洗身,洗礼,斋戒沐浴
洗身,洗礼,斋戒沐浴
ablution n 1 :
the ritual washing of a priest '
s hands or of sacred vessels Ablution \
Ab *
lu `
tion \,
n . [
L .
ablutio ,
fr .
abluere :
cf .
F .
ablution .
See {
Abluent }.]
1 .
The act of washing or cleansing ;
specifically ,
the washing of the body ,
or some part of it ,
as a religious rite .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
The water used in cleansing . "
Cast the ablutions in the main ." --
Pope .
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3 . (
R .
C .
Ch .)
A small quantity of wine and water ,
which is used to wash the priest '
s thumb and index finger after the communion ,
and which then ,
as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements ,
is drunk by the priest .
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1913 Webster ]
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ablution ":
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elutriation ,
enema ,
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flushing out ,
irrigation ,
lathering ,
lavabo ,
lavage ,
lavation ,
laving ,
mopping ,
mopping up ,
rinse ,
rinsing ,
scouring ,
scrub ,
scrubbing ,
scrubbing up ,
shampoo ,
soaping ,
sponge ,
sponging ,
swabbing ,
wash ,
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washout ,
washup ,
wiping up Ablution or washing ,
was practised , (
1 .)
When a person was initiated into a higher state :
e .
g .,
when Aaron and his sons were set apart to the priest '
s office ,
they were washed with water previous to their investiture with the priestly robes (
Lev .
8 :
6 ).
(
2 .)
Before the priests approached the altar of God ,
they were required ,
on pain of death ,
to wash their hands and their feet to cleanse them from the soil of common life (
Ex .
30 :
17 -
21 ).
To this practice the Psalmist alludes ,
Ps .
26 :
6 .
(
3 .)
There were washings prescribed for the purpose of cleansing from positive defilement contracted by particular acts .
Of such washings eleven different species are prescribed in the Levitical law (
Lev .
12 -
15 ).
(
4 .)
A fourth class of ablutions is mentioned ,
by which a person purified or absolved himself from the guilt of some particular act .
For example ,
the elders of the nearest village where some murder was committed were required ,
when the murderer was unknown ,
to wash their hands over the expiatory heifer which was beheaded ,
and in doing so to say , "
Our hands have not shed this blood ,
neither have our eyes seen it " (
Deut .
21 :
1 -
9 ).
So also Pilate declared himself innocent of the blood of Jesus by washing his hands (
Matt .
27 :
24 ).
This act of Pilate may not ,
however ,
have been borrowed from the custom of the Jews .
The same practice was common among the Greeks and Romans .
The Pharisees carried the practice of ablution to great excess ,
thereby claiming extraordinary purity (
Matt .
23 :
25 ).
Mark (
7 :
1 -
5 )
refers to the ceremonial ablutions .
The Pharisees washed their hands "
oft ,"
more correctly , "
with the fist " (
R .
V .,
"
diligently "),
or as an old father ,
Theophylact ,
explains it ,
"
up to the elbow ." (
Compare also Mark 7 :
4 ;
Lev .
6 :
28 ;
11 :
32 -
36 ;
15 :
22 ) (
See {
WASHING }.)
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