ablutionary

Example Sentences

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There were indeed some ablutionary gestures in the council.

From Time Magazine Archive

A hand bag with one good suit and ablutionary utensils, sir.

From The Son of his Father by Cullum, Ridgwell

Upon one stood a basin, in which was water that had some time ago been used for the ablutionary purposes of someone sadly in need of a wash.

From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Newte, Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can)

It was his Saturday and Sunday joy to bath Jean amid a score of crawly tin insects which he had provided for the child’s ablutionary entertainment, and it formed the climax of Jean’s blissful day.

From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Ball, Alec

Furthermore, the filtration of water for ablutionary purposes is quite unnecessary.

From The Son of his Father by Cullum, Ridgwell