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is the washing of the priest's hands with water

(1) — before his assumption of the sacred vestmtents, preparatory to celebrating the Christian communions. The Roman Proeparatio ad Missam contains the following prayer: Cum lavat manus dicat; — Da, Domine, virtutem manibus meis ad abstergendam omnem maculam, Ut isine polltionie. mentis et corporis valeam tibi — servire."

(2.) The washing of the priest's hands during the celebration of the divine ministries. (See LAVABO); (See HANDS, WASHING OF THE).