ABLUTION

n. ritual cleansing or washing; washing of the body

Ablution is a term referring to washing, and can mean:Ordinary washing:Hand washingWashing of the bodyby extension, ablutions can refer to a collection of regular activities taken to produce physical cleanliness, including washing but also tasks like oral hygiene, and shaving.Ritual washing for the purpose of ritual purification:Wudu and Ghusl: Two Islamic acts of washing parts of the body using waterAblution in ChristianityAblutions (Episcopal)Ritual washing in JudaismMisogi: A Shinto practice of purification
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Noun
1. the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
(hypernym) ritual
(hyponym) shower, shower bath

n. ablution, ritual cleansing or washing; washing of the body

(n.)
The water used in cleansing.
  

(n.)
The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
  

(n.)
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.