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purificatorium

purificatorium

9.9
A white cloth used to wipe the cup after each person drinks wine during Communion
  • noun
  • /ˌpjʊərɪfɪˈkɔːrɪəm/
  • Formal
translation icon : purificatorio
  • During the Mass, the priest carefully wiped the chalice with the purificatorium.

Examples

  • The altar server placed a clean purificatorium beside the sacred vessels before the service began.

  • After each communicant received wine, the deacon used the purificatorium to clean the chalice.

  • The purificatorium is essential.

  • Pass me the purificatorium!

  • After each communicant received wine, the deacon used the purificatorium to clean the chalice.

  • During the Mass, the priest carefully wiped the chalice with the purificatorium.

  • The altar server placed a clean purificatorium beside the sacred vessels before the service began.

Synonyms

emunctorium
vspurificatorium
  • Archaic
9.9

A white cloth a priest uses to wipe the cup after each person drinks at Communion

means the same but is a variant form of the same name
purificator
vspurificatorium
  • Jargon
9.9

A white cloth used in church services to wipe the cup after each person drinks the wine

is the same object but named in a different, less common form

Surface Forms

purificatorium singular
purificatoria plural

Etymology

Purificatorium comes from the Latin verb purificare, which means 'to make pure', and the part -torium, which names a place or tool, and it is like the English word purify. That's why a purificatorium is a cloth for 'making the chalice clean' after each person drinks.