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purificator
[ pyoor-uh-fi-key-ter ]
/ ˈpyʊər ə fɪˌkeɪ tər /
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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.
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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.
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British Dictionary definitions for purificator
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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