单词 | purificatory |
释义 | † purificatoryn. Obsolete. = purificator n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > eucharistic cloth > [noun] > for wiping vessels, fingers, or lips mundatory1670 purificatory1670 manutergium1774 lavabo1837 purificator1853 manuterge1910 1670 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 3) Purificatory, the little linnen cloth with which the Priest wipes the Chalice. 1733 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations I. 340 Also that which is poured out for the Ablution of the Chalice, which he wipes with the Purificatory, or white Linen Cloth. 1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) Mundatory or Purificatory, a cloth of linen or hemp..used for cleansing the chalice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). purificatoryadj. That purifies; that has the quality or effect of purifying. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > purification > [adjective] lustral1533 a day februate1610 purificatory1610 lustrical day1623 lustrating1653 lustrific1656 lustrant1895 society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective] > relating to moral purification > morally purifying purgatory?c1225 cleansinga1300 purgatoryc1390 purgative1489 purificatory1610 purgatorial1632 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xxi. xvi. 856 If..they bee washed in the fountaine of regeneration..he is..freed from all paynes, eternall and purificatory. 1759 R. Spearman Lett. to Friend iv. 412 Dealt with him in the same manner as they were want to do with their expiatory or purificatory human sacrifices. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. iv. iii. 288 His virtues are arranged as physical, moral, purificatory, theoretic, and theurgic. 1882 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. (1887) IV. 139/2 A vast scheme of purificatory chastisement. 1927 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 26 130 Hence the purificatory rites, which are typical rites de passage—the mother is secluded..and it is only after a painful ‘casting away of her misfortune’ that she is again admitted to the society. 1967 R. K. Narayan Sweet-vendor xi. 146 He derived a peculiar excitement in performing all the actions of a purificatory nature. 2001 Slavic Rev. 60 865 Purification of the body politic was at the core of Soviet ideology and..the purificatory thrust, which was initially directed against internal class enemies, became ethnicized in the course of the 1930s. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1670adj.1610 |
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