‖ consolamentum
(kənˌsəʊləˈmɛntəm)
[mod.L., f. L. consōlāri (see console v.).]
The spiritual baptism amongst the Cathars, by which the recipient is elected to be one of the ‘perfect’.
| 1874 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects 112/2 By this ‘consolamentum’ the recipients were supposed to escape purgatory and pass at once into paradise. 1970 Man, Myth & Magic xv. 423/2 The ‘perfect’ underwent a long and rigorous initiation which culminated in a religious ceremony, the consolamentum, which was the Cathar equivalent of the Christian baptism, confirmation and ordination of a priest, all rolled into one. |