lavement (s.xiii1/4)
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lavement (s.xiii1/4)

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[ FEW: 5,215b lavare; Gdf: 4,740a lavement; GdfC: 10,67b lavement; TL: 5,240 lavement; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  lavement; TLF:  lavement; OED:  lavement n.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 1572 lavamentum ]
levement;  lavemens  

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1also_fig.theol.ablution, act of washing: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  ablutionem: (J) lavement(var. (R: s.xiii1) lavure)  250
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiiex )  Les berbiz (represent) les crestiens lavez nettement De peché original ke de Adam descent E de actual sunt mundé a cel levement  1530
♦med.enema: 
( s.xivin )  toutes ces choses avantdites baile as surgiens pour fere [...] lur lavemens  47
2cosmet.cosmetic lotion: 
( c.1250; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Mainte femme [...] ne metroit [...] Sor sa face nul oignement. Celes voil enseigner brefment Un lavement par corteysie  139
eslavement  lavater  lavaz  laver  laveure  loture  loyeure 
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