单词 | lavabo |
释义 | lavabo /leuh vay"boh, -vah"-/, n. , pl. lavaboes. 1. Eccles. a. 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. b. the passage recited. c. the small towel or the basin used. 2. (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. 3. a washbowl with a spigot-equipped water tank above, both mounted on a wall: now often used for decoration or as a planter. [1855-60; < L lavabo: I shall wash] |
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