English Dictionary

lavabo

/ləˈveɪbəʊ/

noun

(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.

I need to wash my hands in the lavabo.

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.