Plural of ablution; multiple acts or instances of ritual washing or cleansing.
Plural form of Latin ablutio. The plural indicates either repeated washing practices or the multiple washing ceremonies performed in religious traditions.
Medieval monasteries often had entire buildings dedicated to ablutions—monks performed them multiple times daily as both hygiene and spiritual discipline, making convents unexpectedly some of the cleanest places in medieval Europe!
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