ritual bath

noun

1. a mikvah.

Example Sentences

It culminated in a ritual bath in the sea, three days of fasting and a pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Eleusis outside of Athens during a nine-day festival in early fall.

From Los Angeles Times

Students from Colby College helped harvest ice from a pond for a new mikvah, or ritual bath, at a synagogue in Waterville.

From New York Times

The wagon was carrying around 40 devotees on the way to take a ritual bath in the Ganges River when it veered off the road in Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh state, police said.

From Seattle Times

The ritual bath was filled in and used as a cellar for centuries and was only recognized for its historical and cultural background in 2007.

From Washington Times

Among the buildings included in the new designation are Erfurt’s Old Synagogue, a 13th-century stone building that illustrates Jewish family life in the medieval era, and a traditional ritual bath, or mikveh.

From Washington Times