incensation
(ɪnsɛnˈseɪʃən)
[n. of action f. med.L. incensāre to incense.]
The action of perfuming with incense; censing.
| 1853 J. D. H. Dale tr. Baldeschi's Cerem. Rom. Rite 8 During the incensation of the Celebrant, he stands near the Deacon. 1890 T. E. Bridgett Blund. & Forg. iv. 101 A priest with a thurible continues the incensation. 1893 Dublin Rev. Apr. 281 The ceremony concludes, in the Byzantine rite, with..the incensation of the gifts. |