apolousis
noun
apo·lou·sis
variants or apolusis
äˈpȯlüˌsēs,
ˌapəˈlüsə̇s
: the ceremony in the Eastern Church of washing away the baptismal chrism performed by a priest on the eighth day after baptism
Word History
Etymology
Middle Greek apolousis, from Greek, act of washing off, from apolouein to wash off, from apo- + louein to wash