sublimatory1
/səˈblɪmət(ə)ri/ /ˌsʌblɪˈmət(ə)ri/Chemistry. Now historical and rare
noun
A container in which substances are heated in order to sublime them.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340–1400), poet and administrator. From Middle French sublimatoire or its probable etymon post-classical Latin sublimatorium (although this is apparently first attested later: 1490 in a British source) from classical Latin sublīmāt-, past participial stem of sublīmāre + -ōrium.
sublimatory2
/səˈblɪmət(ə)ri/ /ˌsʌblɪˈmeɪt(ə)ri/adjective
1Of a container, furnace, etc.: used in sublimation. Now historical and rare.
2 Psychoanalysis. Of, relating to, or characterized by sublimation.
Origin
Early 17th century (in an earlier sense). From post-classical Latin sublimatorius for, or, or relating to the chemical process of sublimation from classical Latin sublīmāt-, past participial stem of sublīmāre + -ōrius.
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