Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cloth used to clean the chalice during or after the celebration of the Eucharist.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, a cloth or napkin used to wipe the chalice before the mixture (krasis) and oblation, and the celebrant's fingers and mouth and the holy vessels after the ablutions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
purifies ; apurifier . - noun The
napkin used to wipe the lip of thechalice duringHoly Communion .
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Examples
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A small white linen square called a purificator is used to wipe the chalice and patten after the celebration of the Eucharist.
A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975
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A small white linen square called a purificator is used to wipe the chalice and patten after the celebration of the Eucharist.
A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975
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The purificator is a small towel, which serves to wipe the chalice and the hands and mouth of the priest, after he has received the B. S.crament.] [Footnote 97: The veil is used from reverence to the B. S.crament: on an ancient mosaic on one of the arches of S. Prassede, a person is represented enveloped in it, holding a sacred vessel apparently intended to contain the B. S.crament.
The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome Charles Michael Baggs
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The deacon rises and goes to the credence, where he takes the burse with the corporal in it, and a purificator, and goes to the altar.
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He lays the Corporal upon the altar, as at Solemn Mass, places the purificator next to it, and returns to the sedilia.
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The deacon ascends to the altar with the burse in hand, and extends the corporal; at the same time, an acolyte places the Missal on the Gospel side, with a purification vessel and purificator for the purification of the priest's fingers after Communion.
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It is removed, along with the purificator, the strip of cloth used to wipe the vessels clean.
An Instructed Eucharist Fr Timothy Matkin 2007
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It is removed, along with the purificator, the strip of cloth used to wipe the vessels clean.
Archive 2007-03-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2007
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He takes the chalice -- that is, the long silver or gold goblet -- out of its case; then he covers it with a long, narrow, white linen cloth called a purificator.
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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The things used with the chalice during Mass are: (1) The purificator or cloth for wiping the inside; (2) The paten or small silver plate used in handling the host; (3) The pall or white card used for covering the chalice at Mass; (4) The corporal or linen cloth on which the chalice and host rest.
Baltimore Catechism No. 3 (of 4) Anonymous
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