incensory
(ˈɪnsɛnsərɪ)
[ad. med.L. incensōri-um, f. incensum incense: see -ory. Cf. incenser1.]
† 1. ? A burnt offering, or ? an altar of burnt offering. Obs. rare.
| c 1611 Chapman Iliad xi. 686 A cup of gold, crown'd with red wine, he held On th' holy incensory pour'd [ἐπ' αἱθοµενοις ἱεροισι]. |
2. A vessel for burning incense; a censer.
| 1645 Evelyn Mem. 17 Feb., Other saints lie here, decorated with splendid ornaments, lamps, and incensories of great cost. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Incensory, a Church-vessel to burn Incense in; a censing or perfuming pan. 1826 C. Butler Grotius Introd. 21 Chalices, patines, incensories, images..were fabricated. 1844 Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) I. vii. 269 In some churches an incensory, or metallic vessel, was suspended from the roof. |