ablutions

• In rabbinical literature we find quotations from Responsa collections bearing upon special points in Talmudic law, such as ablutions, the making and the use of Tefillin , the Zizit , the order of the Parashiot , the blessing of the priests, the ceremony of the Passover eve, the slaughter of animals, the case of diseased animals, impurity in women, etc 7. —  Rashi
• I finished my ablutions, and when I had done, Linnea helped me into a gown of combed white wool. —  Carey, Jaqueline - Kushiel's Dart orig
• He has already made his ablutions, and is now giving the finish to his toilet, by putting his hair, whiskers, moustache, teeth, and even his nails, in order. —  The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire
• They eat three times a day and bathe in the evening on returning from work, though their ablutions are sometimes omitted in the cold weather Dhanuk 1. —  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
• Then he explained matters to the astonished karo[u]_. Isuké's further ablutions were left to other hands. —  Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2

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