lavatoire

lavatoire
(la-va-toi-r') s. m.
Terme de liturgie. Pierre sur laquelle on lavait autrefois le corps des ecclésiastiques et des religieux après leur mort.
   Lat. lavatorium, de lavare, laver.

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