ablution

Definitions of ablution
  1. noun
    the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
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    type of:
    lavage, lessive
    the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
    célébration, rite, rituel
    the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
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Great Expectations
Charles Dickens

Pip's life is changed when an anonymous benefactor pays for an expensive education in London, but he quickly discovers that you can't escape who you really are.

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A Long Way Gone
Ishmael Beah

Conscripted by the army at the age of 13, Ishmael Beah was forced to fight in Sierra Leone's brutal civil war. In this memoir, Beah shines a light on the experiences of child soldiers.

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Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse

In this translation from German by Hilda Rosner, a young man named Siddhartha, not entirely satisfied with the religious ways of his Brahmin family and Gotama the Buddha, decides to seek his own path to spiritual enlightenment.

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