The Only Use
ablution
in
Pride and Prejudice
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- Mr. Darcy may perhaps have heard of such a place as Gracechurch Street, but he would hardly think a month's ablution enough to cleanse him from its impurities, were he once to enter it; and depend upon it, Mr. Bingley never stirs without him.†
p. 139.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(ablution) washing of the body (or part of it) -- especially as part of a ritual or daily routine
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)