13 September 2013

ablution

[uh-bloo-shuhn]

noun

1. a cleansing with water or other liquid, especially as a religious ritual.
2. the liquid thus used.
3. Usually, ablutions. a washing of the hands, body, etc.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ablūtiōn- (stem of ablūtiō ), equivalent to ablūt ( us ), past participle of abluere (see abluent) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms
ab·lu·tion·ar·y, adjective

Today’s aphorism

The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.

– Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean.

On this day

13 September 1503 – Michelango commences his iconic sculpture, ‘David‘.

13 September 1922 – official highest temperature ever recorded: 57.8oC (138oF) at Azizya, Libya.

13 September 1940 – German Luftwaffe bombs Buckingham Palace, London, while King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) are in residence.