lavabo
3 synonyms for lavabo, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A church ceremony in which the hands are washed at the offertory before the Eucharist is handled.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
From the Christian ritual, which was traditionally accompanied in Catholicism by a recitation of Psalm 25:6 (Psalm 26:6, in the Hebrew and in most modern translations) which in Latin begins with the word lavābō (“I will wash”). The sense of "room with a toilet" developed under the influence of lavatory and lav.
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