incensation
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editincensation (countable and uncountable, plural incensations)
- (Roman Catholicism) The offering of incense.
- 1913, Catholic Encyclopedia/Consecration:
- After the third incensation, the censer is given to a priest, vested in surplice, who, till the end of the consecration, continues going around the altar, incensing it on all sides, save when the bishop uses the censer.
References
edit- “incensation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.