英和和英

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈbluː.ʃn̩/
• (米国発音) IPA: /əˈblu.ʃn̩/
• 韻: -uːʃən

名詞

ablution (countable and uncountable, plural ablutions)

1. The act of washing something.
   1. (chemistry) Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non-dissolved substance. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
   2. The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite. [From mid 16 century.]
      • 1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale:

        Let water be brought to perform my ablutions, and let the pious Fakreddin be called to offer up his prayers with mine.

   3. (literary or humorous, usually in the plural) Washing oneself; bathing, cleaning oneself up. [From mid 18 century.]
      • 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter II, page 25:

        He followed the steps of Bella, who soon conducted him to his chamber, and left him to those ablutions which a long ride along a sandy road had rendered particularly necessary.

      • 2005, J. M. Coetzee, “Four”, in Slow Man, New York: Viking, →ISBN, page 28:

        She treats him not as a doddering old fool but as a man hampered in his movements by injury. Patiently, without baby-talk, she helps him through his ablutions.

      • 2021 May 6, Maria Cramer, “See Fewer People. Take Fewer Showers.”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

        There are now indications that it has caused some Americans to become more spartan when it comes to ablutions.

   4. (Western Christianity) The rinsing of the priest's hand and the sacred vessel following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and wine, which may then be drunk by the priest. [from 17th c.]
   5. (Islam) wudu, ritual washing of the limbs and head performed immediately before prayer or holding the Quran
2. The liquid used in the cleansing or ablution. [From early 18 century.]
   • 1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “(please specify the book of the Iliad or chapter quoted from)”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:

     Cast the ablutions in the main

3. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after the Communion.
4. (plural only, UK, military) The location or building where the showers and basins are located. [From mid 20 century.]

派生語

関連する語

• abluent
• ablutionary
• ablutive

参照

• “ablution”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• abutilon, albutoin