incensation

English

Etymology

incense +‎ -ation

Noun

incensation (countable and uncountable, plural incensations)

1. (Roman Catholicism) The offering of incense.
   • 1913, Catholic Encyclopedia/Consecration:

     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.

References

• “incensation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.