Definition of Purificator

1. n. One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier.

Definition of Purificator

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purificator

purge
purgeable
purged
purger
purgeries
purgers
purgery
purges
purging
purgings
puri
purification
purifications
purificative
purificator (current term)
purificators
purificatory
purified
purifier
purifiers
purifies
puriform
purify
purifying
purile
purims
purin
purine
purinergic

Literary usage of Purificator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes on the rubrics of the Roman Ritual. [With] by James O'Kane (1867)
"In giving communion at mass, this purificator should be different from that which is used with the chalice.1 It is most conveniently held by passing it over ..."

2. The Ceremonies of the Mass by William McGarvey, Charles Philip Augustus Burnett (1905)
"He places the purificator with his left hand on the altar, ... He takes the purificator between the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, so that it will ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"These are the corporal, the purificator, the pall, the burse, and the chalice veil. The corporal (qv) will be considered separately. ..."

4. The Ceremonies of Low Mass: According to the Rubrics of the Missal, Decrees by Catholic Church (1846)
"Before rubbing the Chalice with the purificator, the spoon is laid on the Altar. ... He then dries the spoon with the purificator, and places it near the ..."

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