Ablution is an English word with synonyms like ritual or wash. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ablution meaning
- The act of washing something.
- Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non-dissolved substance.
Ablution vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Ablution
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of washing something. | Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non-dissolved substance. | The act of washing something.
- Useful related words include: ritual, wash, washing, lavation.
- Possible Dutch translations are: ablutie.
- In the example corpus, ablution often appears in combinations such as: ablution facilities, and ablution, perform ablution.
Context around Ablution
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ablution
- In this selection, "ablution" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, perform, new, citation, facilities, room and area stand out and add context to how "ablution" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the ablution facilities and basis citation ablution facilities the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ablution" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ablution
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Before entering the state of Ihram, pilgrims must purify themselves through ritual ablution (wudu). (14 words)
Another obstacle is that they do not have access to electricity and ablution facilities. (14 words)
Members of the Naleba Football Federation Sports Club during the Naleba Primary School Kindergarten ablution block during the construction phase. (20 words)
The mihrab serves as the location where the imam leads the five daily prayers on a regular basis. citation Ablution facilities The wudu ("ablution") area, where Muslims wash their hands, forearm, face and feet before they pray. (37 words)
Letsemeng is one of the many municipalities in the Free State that still use the bucket system and pit toilets, despite hundreds of millions of rands in budgets over the years earmarked for better ablution facilities. (36 words)
The team also surveyed the inner and outer walls, the cellar and other parts of the premises barring the 'wuzukhana' (the place where Muslims perform ablution before proceeding to offer prayers). (31 words)
Example sentences (19)
The mihrab serves as the location where the imam leads the five daily prayers on a regular basis. citation Ablution facilities The wudu ("ablution") area, where Muslims wash their hands, forearm, face and feet before they pray.
A similar initiative exists in Zimbabwe where the saw the construction of classroom blocks and ablution facilities in rural areas with citizens financing the projects.
Before entering the state of Ihram, pilgrims must purify themselves through ritual ablution (wudu).
Letsemeng is one of the many municipalities in the Free State that still use the bucket system and pit toilets, despite hundreds of millions of rands in budgets over the years earmarked for better ablution facilities.
Members of the Naleba Football Federation Sports Club during the Naleba Primary School Kindergarten ablution block during the construction phase.
The team also surveyed the inner and outer walls, the cellar and other parts of the premises barring the 'wuzukhana' (the place where Muslims perform ablution before proceeding to offer prayers).
It includes many study and storage spaces, gender-neutral bathrooms, prayer rooms, a dance studio, an ablution room and a kitchen for all students.
Last week, the directorate of education in Kavango East visited renovation sites of ablution facilities at some secondary schools in the company of the deputy minister of education, Faustina Caley.
The National Sports Stadium was condemned for its uneven turf, turnstiles, lack of bucket seats, poor changing rooms, doping rooms, first aid rooms, media tribunes as well as ablution facilities.
Therefore, these ablution facilities should ultimately aim to protect and improve the health of pupils to reduce absenteeism and increase academic achievement," she stressed.
Another obstacle is that they do not have access to electricity and ablution facilities.
I then came back to my senses and decided to rush to the ablution, do a quickie and come back to office then join the running away from office.
Namibia Wildlife Resorts has constructed new ablution facilities and upgraded the first 16 camping areas at the Mile 108 Campsite to now offer convenient self-contained sites to their guests.
Prominent rights activist Jestina Mukoko says Zimbabwean police cells do not have ablution facilities specific to the needs of women detainees.
He said the central mosque located around the area need water to perform ablution and tidy up the mosque from time to time.
Installing street lights along Embizweni Square is not enough – the New Brighton business precinct is in need of ablution facilities and a visible police presence.
The new ablution room is now open for individuals to perform Wudu, as it was built as a courtesy for Muslims students who pray in between classes.
Though there are no official plans for an upgrade, Huggett said that Orange Grove Park needs basic maintenance and repairs to playground equipment and the ablution facilities.
As has been stated, "it is not sufficient for the water to merely touch the candidate; it must also flow, otherwise there would seem to be no real ablution.
Common combinations with ablution
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: