purificator

[ pyoor-uh-fi-key-ter ]

nounEcclesiastical.
  1. the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.

  2. a sponge wrapped in cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the hands.

Origin of purificator

1
1850–55; <Latin pūrificā(re) to purify + -tor-tor

Words Nearby purificator

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How to use purificator in a sentence

  • They employ it specially in funeral and expiatory ceremonies as a purificator and as a symbol of immortality.

British Dictionary definitions for purificator

purificator

/ (ˈpjʊərɪfɪˌkeɪtə) /


noun
  1. 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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