ablution

• The clear water of this beautiful stream was a Godsend to the many tired men, for the ablution of their bodies and the cleansing of their apparel, tents, etc., and seemed to have a general invigorating effect upon the entire regiment. —  Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk
• So Tohfah arose and making the Wuzu-ablution, prayed her due of prayers [FN#194] and accompanied the four queens to the palace, where she saw the wax candles lighted and the kings sitting. —  Arabian nights. English
• The red and white stripes of the walls and the arches of the arcade, the mean little place for ablution -- a pipe and a row of brass taps -- led the mind from a Neapolitan ice to a second-rate school, and for a moment I thought of abruptly retiring and seeking more splendid precincts. —  The Spell of Egypt
• When the ablution is ended, the devotee should (quoth Es Shafi [FN#218]) say, "I testify that there is no god but God alone, who hath no partner, and that Mohammed is —  The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV
• Then the arrangements for ablution were peculiar. —  Army Life in a Black Regiment

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