LAVABO (Lat. " I will wash "; the Fr. equivalent is laz'oir)

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LAVABO (Lat. " I will wash "; the Fr. equivalent is laz'oir) , in ecclesiastical usage, the

term

TERM

for the washing of the priests' hands, at the celebration of the

Mass

, at the offertory. The words of Psalm

xxvi

XXVI

. 6, Lavabo inter innocentes manus meas, are said during the rite. The word is also used for the basin employed in the

ritual

RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom)

washing, and also for the lavatories, generally erected in the cloisters of monasteries. Those at

Gloucester

GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
GLOUCESTER,
GILBERT
DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
RICHARD
_DE_CLARE_EA.html">GLOUCESTER,
RICHARD
DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Norwich

NORWICH
NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

and Lincoln are best known. A very curious example at Fontenay, surrounding a pillar, is given by Viollet-le-Duc. In general the lavabo is a sort of trough; in some places it has an almery for towels, &c.

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