English Dictionary

lavabo

IPA（発音記号）

/ləˈveɪbəʊ/

名詞

婉語 ユーモラス文体

(Christianity) A ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the Eucharist. / (Christianity) The small towel used to dry the priest's hands following the ritual.

日本語の意味

キリスト教における聖餐前の儀式で、教会の献金の際に行われる手洗いの儀式 / 聖餐の儀式後に司祭の手を乾かすために使用される小さなタオル

Before distributing Communion, the priest performed the lavabo at the offertory, cleansing his hands with solemn reverence.

聖体拝領を配る前に、司祭は奉献の際に手を洗う儀式を厳かに行い、手を清めました。

意味（1）

(Christianity) A ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the Eucharist.

意味（2）

(Christianity) The small towel used to dry the priest's hands following the ritual.

These small liturgical towels got […] the name of Lavabo cloths or Lavaboes.

意味（3）

A washbasin, particularly (Christianity) the one in a church used in the ritual.

[…] the […] pontiff, as he […] moved his hands […] at the Lavabo, or at the various benedictions […]

意味（4）

(architecture) A trough used for washing at some medieval monasteries.

意味（5）

(humorous, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.

Mr. Pond fussed out and she heard the door of the little lavabo in the passage open with a loud creak.

lavabos （ plural ）

lavaboes （ plural ）