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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin manutergium.
Noun
manutergium (plural manutergia)
- manuterge
Latin
Etymology
From manus (“hand”) + tergeō (“wipe, clean”) + -ium. Compare with mantēle.
Pronunciation
Noun
manutergium n (genitive manutergiī or manutergī); second declension
- hand towel
- linen cloth which is used to clean a Catholic priest's hand after being anointed with chrism and presented to his mother at the first mass, which she can present at her judgement and is considered a special honor in heaven.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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