ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Incensation

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Incensation is a noun meaning (Roman Catholicism) The offering of incense.

Meaning

(Roman Catholicism) The offering of incense.

Example Sentences

After the third incensation, the censer is given to a priest, vested in surplice, who, till the end of the consecration, continues going around the altar, incensing it on all sides, save when the bishop uses the censer.

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Related dictionary entries include incension, incense, thurification, incantationism, incameration, incremation.

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