n. a cloth on which the vessels containing the consecrated elements are placed during the celebration of the Eucharist.
[ OE f. OF corporal or med.L corporale pallium body cloth (as CORPORAL(2)) ]
n. a cloth on which the vessels containing the consecrated elements are placed during the celebration of the Eucharist.
[ OE f. OF corporal or med.L corporale pallium body cloth (as CORPORAL(2)) ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012