lavaboes

Variant of lavabo

noun pl. lavaboes

  1. R.C.Ch.
    1. a short ritual, after the Offertory of Mass, in which the celebrant washes his fingers
    2. the basin used
    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

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