noun
- a white linen cloth used in Christian liturgy to wipe the chalice and paten during communion
Usage: ecclesiastical
Examples
- The priest carefully folded the purificator after cleaning the chalice.
- Each altar requires a clean purificator for the communion service.
- The altar server placed the purificator beside the communion vessels.
- The purificator must be blessed before its first liturgical use.
- She embroidered a small cross on the corner of the purificator.