Definitions for purificator

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purificator pu·ri·fi·ca·tor

Spelling: [pyoo r-uh-fi-key-ter]

IPA: /ˈpyʊər ə fɪˌkeɪ tər/

Purificator is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 520 anagrams from letters in purificator (acfiioprrtu).

Definitions for purificator

noun

1. the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
2. 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

Examples for purificator

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