Home › Words › M › manutergemanutergemanuterge means A towel used by a priest during liturgy.EtymologyBorrowed from French manuterge, from Latin manutergium, from manus (“hand”) + tergeō (“wipe, clean”) + -ium.nounA towel used by a priest during liturgy.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).