3. (R. C. Ch.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.
Ab*lu"tion*a*ry (&?;), a. Pertaining to ablution.
Ab*lu"vi*on (&?;), n. [LL. abluvio. See Abluent.] That which is washed off. [R.] Dwight.
A"bly (&?;), adv. In an able manner; with great ability; as, ably done, planned, said.
-a*bly(&?;). A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as, favorably.
Ab"ne*gate (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abnegated; p. pr. & vb. n. Abnegating.] [L. abnegatus,p. p. of abnegare; ab + negare to deny. See Deny.] To deny and reject; to abjure. Sir E. Sandys. Farrar.
Ab`ne*ga"tion (&?;), n. [L. abnegatio: cf. F. abnégation.] a denial; a renunciation.
With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court.
Knox.
Ab"ne*ga*tive (&?;), a. [L. abnegativus.] Denying; renouncing; negative. [R.] Clarke.