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单词 purificator
释义

purificator

[ pyoor-uh-fi-key-ter ]
/ ˈpyʊər ə fɪˌkeɪ tər /

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.

Origin of purificator

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

Words nearby purificator

purgatory, purge, purging nut, puri, Purification of the Virgin Mary, purificator, purified protein derivative of tuberculin, purifier, puriform, purify, Purim
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Example sentences from the Web for purificator

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

    Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics|Richard Folkard

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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