Definition of "lacrimatory" []

• Producing tears; lachrymatory. (adjective)

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• "The urn held small pieces of calcined bone, and, among them, a small lacrimatory of very thin green glass."
• "The urn, of elegant shape, contained human bones nearly reduced to ashes, and among them a small lacrimatory of very thin green glass. {110a}"
• "In a precious reliquary is preserved a lacrimatory in which, according to a pious legend, Nicodemus collected some drops of the Blood of Christ."