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† refriˈgerium Obs.
[a. late L. refrīgerium a cooling, mitigation. Cf. next.]
1. A respite granted to the souls of the damned; also transf. hymns or prayers for such a respite.
c1645Howell Lett. iii. xxxvi. (1650) I. 164 To sing Dirges and Refrigeriums for the soul of the deceased Duke. 1652― tr. Giraffi's Rev. Naples ii. 26 Raising up their beads and voices..with requiems and refrigeriums to his soul. 1667South Serm. Prov. x. 9 (1697) II. 12 Some of the Ancients..have talked much of Annual Refrigeriums, Respites, or Intervals of Punishment to the Damned.
2. A place of cooling. rare—1.
a1670Hacket in Plume Life (1865) 182 Heaven is so large, and spacious, that it is fit to admit divers quarterings and mansions in it, the archangel's throne..[and] the refrigerium of the faithful before His Ascension. |