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Transliteration of Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeka, consecration, anointing of a king).

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abhisheka (plural abhishekas)

  1. (India) A ceremony involving ritual washing, cleansing or anointing. [from 19th c.]
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 115:
      I paid the head priest for the abhishekh and asked him if I could have some privacy for a few moments.
    • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 145:
      The origins os the abhisheka lay in Vedic ritual; it was an intricate procedure involving several baths and changes of vestments.

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abhisheka f (plural abhishekas)

  1. abhisheka (a ceremony involving washing, cleansing and anointing)