Definitions for lavers

• Definition
• Anagrams (151)

lavers la·ver

Spelling: [ley-ver]

IPA: /ˈleɪ vər/

Lavers is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in lavers (aelrsv).

Definitions for lavers

noun

1. Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
2. Ecclesiastical. the font or water of baptism.
3. any spiritually cleansing agency.
4. Archaic. a basin, bowl, or cistern to wash in. any bowl or pan for water.
5. any of several edible seaweeds, especially of the genus Porphyra.
6. Rod(ney George) born 1938, Australian tennis player.

Origin of lavers

1300-50; Middle English lavo(u)r Anglo-French lavour, Old French laveoir Late Latin lavātōrium lavatory

Examples for lavers

In the court before the tabernacle stood the brazen altar with its laver.

In this stood the Altar, the laver, and the Tabernacle itself.

The principal food of this Goose consists of grass, wrack, and laver.

Washing the vessels (laver la vaisselle) washing the dishes.

There the cover ceased wholly, and below them lay the glen of the laver.

She had seen the man laver rush forward at the sound of the whistle.

That He might sanctify her, having cleansed her in the laver of water by the word.

But the use of the laver was not by the man as man, but by the priest as mediator.

And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.

Hence, it is only as I am making use of the laver that I can approach the altar.