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lavaboes

lavaboes is the plural of lavabo.

Meaning of lavabo

Noun

lavabo (plural lavabos or lavaboes)

  1. A ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the Eucharist.
    Synonyms:
    lavatory
  2. The small towel used to dry the priest's hands following the ritual.
    • These small liturgical towels got […] the name of Lavabo cloths or Lavaboes.1870, Daniel Rock, Textile Fabrics, page 203
  3. A washbasin, particularly (Christianity) the one in a church used in the ritual.
    • […] the […] pontiff, as he […] moved his hands […] at the Lavabo, or at the various benedictions […]1885, Walter Horatio Peter, Marius the Epicurean, Bk. iv, Ch. xxiii
    Synonyms:
    washbasin
  4. A trough used for washing at some medieval monasteries.
  5. (euphemistic, humorous) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
    • Mr. Pond fussed out and she heard the door of the little lavabo in the passage open with a loud creak.1930, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter XIV, in Strong Poision, page 177

Questions about lavaboes

What is lavaboes the plural of?
Lavaboes is the plural of lavabo.

Words near lavaboes in the dictionary

  1. lava tubes
  2. lava ware
  3. lava-lava
  4. lava-like
  5. lavabo
  6. lavaboes
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  8. Lavaca
  9. Lavaca County
  10. lavacast
  11. lavacasted

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