from mundatus

of mun do to make clean.] A. As adj.: Having the power or quality of cleansing; cleansing. B. As substantive: Ritual & Ecclesiol .: A purificatory; a cloth of linen or hemp, marked with a small cro , and used for cleansing the chalice in the Roman rite. Its use is of recent date, and it is not ble ed. A mundatory is employed by some of the more advanced Anglicans. The Greeks use a sponge for the same purpose.