See ablution in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the water used in cleansing",
"word": "pesuvesi"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "neró tou katharmoú",
"sense": "the water used in cleansing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "νερό του καθαρμού"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the water used in cleansing",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "abluzioni"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the water used in cleansing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vaskevann"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the water used in cleansing",
"word": "ablusyon"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "khrus chu",
"sense": "the water used in cleansing",
"word": "ཁྲུས་ཆུ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "khrus chab",
"sense": "the water used in cleansing",
"tags": [
"honorific"
],
"word": "ཁྲུས་ཆབ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the water used in cleansing",
"word": "abdest suyu"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Roman Catholic Church: a small quantity of wine and water",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ablutie"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Roman Catholic Church: a small quantity of wine and water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "abluzione"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "Roman Catholic Church: a small quantity of wine and water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ablusjon"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Roman Catholic Church: a small quantity of wine and water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ablución"
}
],
"word": "ablution"
}
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