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单词 chrismatory
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chrismatory

[ kriz-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
/ ˈkrɪz məˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

noun, plural chris·ma·to·ries,

a receptacle for chrism.

Origin of chrismatory

1375–1425; late Middle English crismatorie<Medieval Latin chrīsmatōrium, equivalent to chrīsmat- (stem of chrīsma) chrism + -ōrium for Latin -tōrium-tory2

Words nearby chrismatory

Chrétien de Troyes, Chrimbo, Chris, chrism, chrismation, chrismatory, chrismon, chrisom, chrisom child, Chrissie, Christ
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Example sentences from the Web for chrismatory

  • The vessel for holding the oil was an important piece of church plate, and was called a chrismatory.

    English Villages|P. H. Ditchfield
  • In Easter week, when a procession was made, he bore the chrismatory.

    The Parish Clerk (1907)|Peter Hampson Ditchfield
  • Chalice and paten, ewer and basin, crewet and chrismatory, are found as in the Western churches.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for chrismatory

chrismatory
/ (ˈkrɪzmətərɪ, -trɪ) /

noun plural -ries

RC Church a small receptacle containing the three kinds of consecrated oil used in the sacraments
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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