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Capitilavium

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Hand-washing) is a name for Palm Sunday in France and Spain, because the heads of the Competentes, who were to receive chrism after baptism, "were then washed. - In 813 the practice was abolished by the Council of Mayence. At Milan the feet of the candidates were washed. (See ABLUTION OF THE HEAD).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Capitilavium'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/capitilavium.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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