Ablution

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The term ablution denotes a culturally or religiously founded, partly symbolic act. In doing so, ritual purity is achieved through mechanical active, passive or implied cleaning through washing . In medicine and nursing, ablution refers to personal hygiene or lavage .

One differentiates:

• general
  • Washing of bodies
• Christianity
  • Baptism , a sacrament
  • Lavabo , hand washing of the priest in the mass.
  • Washing of the feet , sacramental
• Islam
  • Tahāra , before prayer:
    • Wudoo '
    • Ghusl ,
    • Tayammum .
• Judaism
  • Netilat Jadayim , washing of hands
  • Tevila , immersion of the entire body in a mikvah
• Shinto
  • Misogi , twice a year before worship in a waterfall or in running, usually cold, water, before sunrise.
• Hinduism
  • Ghat
  • Kumbh Mela , festive ceremony

See also

Wiktionary: ablution  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• ablution
• Aquamanile