Balneation
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of bathing. formal
"There is the Professor's nightly bath, for instance, which has all the solemn trappings of a royal balneation."
- 2 The administration of public baths.
Example
More examples"There is the Professor's nightly bath, for instance, which has all the solemn trappings of a royal balneation."
Etymology
From Latin balneum (“bath”).