n. Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.
abbr. all but dissertation [美国英语](已修毕课程通过考试, 但尚欠论文的)准博士, 已通过博士学位的各项考核却未写博士论文者；除论文外一切资格齐备, [亦作 A.B.D.]