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English
Etymology
From incense + -ation.
Noun
incensation (countable and uncountable, plural incensations)
- (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.
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