Balneation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    The administration of public baths.

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"There is the Professor's nightly bath, for instance, which has all the solemn trappings of a royal balneation."

Etymology

From Latin balneum (“bath”).

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