18 Verbs to Use for the Word ablution

Hearing of this, Confucius, after performing his ablutions, went to Court and announced the news to Duke Ngai, saying, "Ch'in Hang has slain his prince.

The people of the makhzen who surrounded him watched him among them, waiting until he had finished his ablutions, to take him to the council of the King and cut off his head.

And on he went with his talk, while Arthur stole timidly from between the beds out to his washhand-stand, and began his ablutions, thereby drawing for a moment on himself the attention of the room.

The washers take their places in the water, where it is three or four feet deep, and the sheep are caught by others, and tossed to them, where they undergo ablution (an operation by the way, that they do not seem altogether to enjoy), to wash the dirt and gum from their fleeces.

In hot weather he enjoys his ablutions here with great gusto, exhibiting the liveliest tokens of satisfaction and delight.

Being anxious that the surgeon should see Mr. Gore's hand, I sent the gig on with him to the ship; next morning, as we crossed the bar, he rejoined us, and I was very happy to find the ablution in brandy had been of great service to his wound.

As they stood at the pool they forgot their ablutions in the beauty of the scene before them.

At length Mrs. Margaret, who sat by, directing the storm, with a sheet across her lap and towels in her hand, pronounced the ablution as being complete, and the babe was lifted from the tub, held a moment to drip, and then set on the lap of the lady, and now the babe seemed to find instant relief.

HAVING RISEN EARLY, as we have already advised (see 3), and having given due attention to the bath, and made a careful toilet, it will be well at once to see that the children have received their proper ablutions, and are in every way clean and comfortable.

As for the two masters, they required fewer ablutions than their men, had risen earlier, and were already dressed for the day.

HARDWÁR, a town on the Ganges, 39 m. NE. of Saharunpur, North-West Provinces; famous for its large annual influx of pilgrims seeking ablution in the sacred river; a sacred festival held every twelfth year attracts some 300,000 persons.

Among the Berbers of the Rif district the custom of bathing on this day is commonly observed, and animals share the ablutions.

They say a letter has arrived which says That they've suppressed ablutions and their prayers.

On examining the wounds, he gave me hopes, and said, "By the blessing of God, this lady's wounds will be cured in forty days; and I will then cause to be administered to her the ablution of cure.

To-day the older people use these pagan ablutions to alleviate pain and cure maladies.

that, until you began to dabble in Hydropathy, you had not bestowed a sincere ablution upon your entire person since the epoch when, twenty years ago, we took our last plunge together, off Titcomb's wharf, in our native village.

After plunging the blade of the hatchet in the water, he took a small piece of soap which lay on the window sill, and commenced his ablutions.

The gas in the bathroom was lighted; she completed her ablutions, turned it off, and felt her way back to the bed.

18 Verbs to Use for the Word  ablution