?1773 16 That signifies the cleansing and abluting operation of the blessed Comforter.
1860 30 59/2 He found it would be necessary to perform the operations of shaving and abluting in a freezing and badly-smelling atmosphere.
1993 (Nexis) 14 Mar. (Suppl.) 56 We are a private lot, not inclined to communal abluting.