ritual cleanliness

Ritual cleanliness is a state of purity required for religious observance in many traditions.

Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, and other faiths prescribe specific washing practices, abstentions, or ceremonies to achieve it before prayer, entering sacred spaces, or handling holy objects.

The concept distinguishes spiritual contamination from ordinary dirt—a person may be physically clean but ritually impure, or vice versa.

She performed ablutions to restore her ritual cleanliness before entering the temple.