a. and sb. [ad. L. lībātori-us, f. lībāre: see LIBATE v. and -ORY.]
A. adj. Pertaining to or consisting of libations.
1834. Medwin, in Fraser’s Mag., IX. 559. Phoebus has … received my libatory offerings.
1846. Ellis, Elgin Marbles, I. 163. Bearers of libatory vessels.
† B. sb. A libatory vessel. Obs.
1609. Bible (Douay), 1 Macc. i. 23. The libatories [L. libatoria] and the phials.
