corporale

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CIDE DICTIONARY

corporale, n. [LL. corporale: cf. F. corporal. See Corporal,a.].

A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth. [1913 Webster]

Corporal oath, a solemn oath; -- so called from the fact that it was the ancient usage for the party taking it to touch the corporal, or cloth that covered the consecrated elements.