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Chrismatory

Chrismatory

chrismatory

A metal jar or small cylindrical box for holding oil of catechumens , oil of the sick, and chrism . The word formerly designated the cloth covering wrapped about relics; a pall or corporal; a vessel for the Blessed Eucharist ; a cere-cloth covering of the altar-table; also, the white-hooded robes of the newly baptized .

Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Chrismatory

is a vase for holding chrism; otherwise called ampulla (q.v.). That used by William of Wykeham is preserved in New College, Oxford.

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature