The Only Use of
ablution
in
Pride and Prejudice
- 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. 139.7ablution = ritual washing
Definition:
the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels