Definitions for Lavabo

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Lavabo la·va·bo

Spelling: [luh-vey-boh, -vah-]

IPA: /ləˈveɪ boʊ, -ˈvɑ-/

Lavabo is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in Lavabo (aablov).

Definitions for Lavabo

noun

1. Ecclesiastical. the ritual washing of the celebrant's hands after the offertory in the Mass, accompanied in the Roman rite by the recitation of Psalm 26:6–12. the passage recited. the small towel or the basin used.
2. (in many medieval monasteries) a large stone basin equipped with a number of small orifices through which water flowed, used for the performance of ablutions.
3. a washbowl with a spigot-equipped water tank above, both mounted on a wall: now often used for decoration or as a planter.

Origin of Lavabo

First recorded in 1855-60, lavabo is from the Latin word lavābō: I shall wash

Examples for Lavabo

The only portions of the monastery which remain in a fair state of preservation are the Chapter House and the lavabo.

This building was known, in monastic terminology, as the “lavabo.”

Do you ever use any ceremony such as the lavabo, or swinging of the incense immediately before or after the service?

The marble lavabo in the sacristy of San Lorenzo is also a doubtful piece of sculpture.

In general the lavabo is a sort of trough; in some places it has an almery for towels, &c.

Nothing represented the poverty of the Legion so much as this "lavabo."

In the sacristy are a Venetian lavabo, some embroideries, and a fine fifteenth-century processional cross.

The lavabo, likewise borrowed from the heathen lustrations, reappears now.