antimension

Besides this there is the antimension which is usually placed on every altar and which contains the relics of some saint.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

The antimension had to be blessed by the Bishop of the Greek Church in Petrograd, and could not be touched by any lay people once consecrated.

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Then the bishop anoints the top board and the sides of the altar with holy chrism and also anoints the antimension.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

With some drops of the same wine he sprinkles the antimension destined for the new altar.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

A church and its altar should be consecrated by a bishop, but sometimes it is found impossible or inconvenient to accomplish this, and so a priest may perform the consecration, but he must use the antimension which has been duly consecrated by the bishop in almost the same manner as an altar is consecrated.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

There is then placed on the altar a fine large wrap or cloth called the heileton (eileton) which is somewhat analogous to the burse of the Latin Rite, and in it the antimension is enfolded.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

The Euchologion, a folded antimension, and perhaps one or two other instruments used in the Liturgy are laid on it; nothing else.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

The antimension) is a kind of corporal containing relics that is spread out at the beginning of the Liturgy.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913