bénitiern.
A vessel to contain holy water.
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1853 C. Brontë Villette I. xiv. 255 In presence of bénitier, candle, and crucifix.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Benitier, a holy-water pot or vessel, sometimes a large shell, used in Catholic countries.
1907 Connoisseur 1 Oct. 4/6 For benitiers—especially of the domestic type—Flanders will safely bear the palm.
1908 B. Harraden Interplay ii. i A photographic series of bénitiers and drinking horns.
1923 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 156/2 Marie took it to the church and dipped it into the bénitier.
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