lavabo

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At mass, too, he would be served by none under the rank of an earl; and I heard that he would have a duke sometimes for his lavabo.

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  1. noun The ceremonial washing of the hands and recitation from the Psalms by the celebrant before the Eucharist in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
  2. noun A washbowl that is attached to a wall and filled from a water tank fastened above.

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  1. Latin lavābō, I shall wash (opening word of the recited portion of Psalm 26), first person future tense of lavāre, to wash; see leu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin lavabo, 1st person singular future indicative of lavare, wash: see lave.
 

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/ləˈveɪboʊ/
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