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purificator
[ pyoor-uh-fi-key-ter ]
noun
, Ecclesiastical.
- the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
- a sponge wrapped in cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the hands.
purificator
/ ˈpjʊərɪfɪˌkeɪtə /
noun
- Christianity a small white linen cloth used to wipe the chalice and paten and also the lips and fingers of the celebrant at the Eucharist
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Word History and Origins
Origin of purificator1
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Example Sentences
They employ it specially in funeral and expiatory ceremonies as a purificator and as a symbol of immortality.
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