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"The act of washing something.",
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"ref": "1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale",
"text": "Let water be brought to perform my ablutions, and let the pious Fakreddin be called to offer up his prayers with mine.",
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"The act of washing something.",
"The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite."
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"roman": "wuḍūʔ",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"word": "وُضُوء"
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"word": "غُسْل"
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"roman": "iḡtisāl",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"word": "اِغْتِسَال"
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"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "yıwınıw",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"word": "йыуыныу"
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"code": "ba",
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"note": "in Islam",
"roman": "təhərət",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"word": "тәһәрәт"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "promívka",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"word": "проми́вка"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mùyù",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"word": "沐浴"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"word": "rituele wassing"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"tags": [
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"word": "ablutie"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"word": "peseytyminen"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "bana",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"word": "ბანა"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "dabana",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"word": "დაბანა"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"tags": [
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"word": "Waschung"
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"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "plýsimo",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"word": "πλύσιμο"
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"word": "abluciono"
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"_dis1": "20 30 20 20 6 2 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ionladh"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"word": "abluzione"
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"alt": "もくよく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mokuyoku",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"word": "沐浴"
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"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"word": "destnimêj"
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"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"tags": [
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"note": "in Islam",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"word": "wuduk"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"word": "vasking"
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"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"word": "rengjøring"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"word": "ablucja"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"tags": [
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"word": "ablução"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"code": "ru",
"english": "religious",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "omovénije",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "омове́ние"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "promyvánije",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"tags": [
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"word": "промыва́ние"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "promývka",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"word": "промы́вка"
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"_dis1": "20 30 20 20 6 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ablución"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"word": "tvagning"
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"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"word": "ablusyon"
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"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "khrus",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"word": "ཁྲུས"
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{
"_dis1": "20 30 20 20 6 2 1",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "khrus gsol",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
"tags": [
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"word": "ཁྲུས་གསོལ"
},
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"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"_dis1": "20 30 20 20 6 2 1",
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the act of washing or cleansing",
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"ref": "1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter II, page 25",
"text": "He followed the steps of Bella, who soon conducted him to his chamber, and left him to those ablutions which a long ride along a sandy road had rendered particularly necessary.",
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"ref": "2005, J. M. Coetzee, “Four”, in Slow Man, New York: Viking, page 28",
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"ref": "2021 May 6, Maria Cramer, “See Fewer People. Take Fewer Showers.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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"sense": "the water used in cleansing",
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"word": "وَضُوء"
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"sense": "the water used in cleansing",
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"roman": "neró tou katharmoú",
"sense": "the water used in cleansing",
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"word": "νερό του καθαρμού"
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"sense": "the water used in cleansing",
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"sense": "the water used in cleansing",
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"word": "ཁྲུས་ཆབ"
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"sense": "Roman Catholic Church: a small quantity of wine and water",
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"sense": "Roman Catholic Church: a small quantity of wine and water",
"tags": [
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"word": "abluzione"
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"sense": "Roman Catholic Church: a small quantity of wine and water",
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"masculine"
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"word": "ablusjon"
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"sense": "Roman Catholic Church: a small quantity of wine and water",
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"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"Christianity",
"Western-Christianity"
]
},
{
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"French terms with rare senses"
],
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"a washing, especially ritual"
],
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"washing",
"washing"
]
],
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"(rare) a washing, especially ritual"
],
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"feminine",
"rare"
]
}
],
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