lavabo
noun pl. lavaboes
- R.C.Ch.
- a short ritual, after the Offertory of Mass, in which the celebrant washes his fingers
- the basin used
- a basin and a tank for water above it, hung on a wall
- a wall planter resembling this
See lavabo in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(lə-vāˈbō, -väˈ-)
noun pl. la·va·boes - often Lavabo The ceremonial washing of the hands and recitation from the Psalms by the celebrant before the Eucharist in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- A washbowl that is attached to a wall and filled from a water tank fastened above.
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