ablutionary

1. 1.

   cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands

   “ablutionary rituals”

   Synonymscleansing

   Similarpurifying

Questions about ablutionary

What does ablutionary mean?

ablutionary means "cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands".

How many syllables are in ablutionary?

ablutionary has 6 syllables: a-blu-ti-o-na-ry. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for ablutionary?

Close synonyms include cleansing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ablutionary a common word?

ablutionary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.