purificatory

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Last night I took all the dirty purificators, palls, and corporals to wash them—separately, of course—not with the house-wash.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile

The "purificators" are small napkins of linen for cleansing the vessels after the service.

From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by Regester, J. A. (Jacob Asbury)