ceremonial washing
Sacred purification rite
Ceremonial washing is ritual cleansing performed for religious or spiritual purification rather than hygiene.
Many traditions require washing hands, feet, or the entire body before prayer, worship, or sacred meals: Jewish handwashing before breaking bread, Islamic wudu before prayer, Christian baptism.
The act symbolizes spiritual cleanliness or renewal.
- ablutionRitualized washing of body
- mikvehJewish purification immersion pool
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- purityUncontaminated quality
- clean handsFreedom from wrongdoing
purification rites · purification ritual · expiation · cleansing · sanctification · lustration · spiritual cleansing · catharsis · basin · tevilah · lavabo · water · redemption · immersion · anoint · consecration · renewal · priest
- ritual puritymikvah, mikveh, ritual purity, purity laws, impurity
- handwashinghandwashing, soap, lather, rinse, scrub
ceremonial washinghygiene
Practices maintaining cleanliness
showering · washing up · personal hygiene · shower · sanitation
ceremonial washingdesecration
Violating something sacred
profanation · impurity · uncleanliness · pollution · corruption
ceremonial washingquick rinse