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lavabo

(lə vä′bō, -vā′-)

noun pl. lavaboes

R.C.Ch.
1. a short ritual, after the Offertory of Mass, in which the celebrant washes his fingers
2. the basin used
  in full lavabo dish (or basin or bowl)
1. a basin and a tank for water above it, hung on a wall
2. a wall planter resembling this

Origin: L, I shall wash < lavare: see lave

See lavabo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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.

Origin:

Origin: Latin lavābō, I shall wash (opening word of the recited portion of Psalm 26)

Origin: , first person future tense of lavāre, to wash; see leu(ə)- in Indo-European roots

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