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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
ABLU'TION, n. [L. ablutio, from ab and luo or lavo to wash.]
The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the
washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
The water used in cleansing.
"Cast the
ablutions in the main." Pope. A small quantity of wine and
water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the
communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the
consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.
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