purificatorium

9.9

A white cloth used to wipe the cup after each person drinks wine during Communion

noun
/ˌpjʊərɪfɪˈkɔːrɪəm/

Formal

: 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

purificator

vspurificatorium

Jargon

1 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

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

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.