lavabo
[luh-vey-boh, -vah-]
noun, plural la·va·boes.
Ecclesiastical.
- the ritual washing of the celebrant's hands after the offertory in the Mass, accompanied in the Roman rite by the recitation of Psalm 26:6–12.
- the passage recited.
- the small towel or the basin used.
(in many medieval monasteries) a large stone basin equipped with a number of small orifices through which water flowed, used for the performance of ablutions.
a washbowl with a spigot-equipped water tank above, both mounted on a wall: now often used for decoration or as a planter.
Origin of lavabo
First recorded in 1855–60, lavabo is from the Latin word lavābō: I shall wash
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Related Words for lavabo
laundry, bath, soaking, bathing, ablution, maundy, lavage, lavation, fomentationExamples from the Web for lavabo
Historical Examples of lavabo
Nothing represented the poverty of the Legion so much as this "lavabo."
In the Foreign LegionErwin Rosen
This building was known, in monastic terminology, as the “Lavabo.”
Mellifont Abbey, Co. LouthAnonymous
The only portions of the monastery which remain in a fair state of preservation are the Chapter House and the Lavabo.
The Lavabo, likewise borrowed from the heathen lustrations, reappears now.
La Sorcire: The Witch of the Middle AgesJules Michelet
The marble Lavabo in the sacristy of San Lorenzo is also a doubtful piece of sculpture.
DonatelloDavid Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
lavabo
noun plural -boes or -bos mainly RC Church
Word Origin for lavabo
C19: from Latin: I shall wash, the opening of Psalm 26:6
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