"sublimatory" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌsʌblɪˈmeɪtəɹi/
Etymology: From Middle French sublimatoire, from Medieval Latin sublīmātōrius. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|sublimatoire}} Middle French sublimatoire, {{der|en|ML.|sublīmātōrius}} Medieval Latin sublīmātōrius Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sublimatory (not comparable)
  1. Used for sublimation. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-sublimatory-en-adj-Lfg-SGoC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˌsʌblɪˈmeɪtəɹi/ Forms: sublimatories [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sublymatories pl, from Medieval Latin sublīmātōrium, from Latin sublīmātus (see sublime) + -ōrium. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sublymatories|g=p}} Middle English sublymatories pl, {{der|en|ML.|sublīmātōrium}} Medieval Latin sublīmātōrium, {{der|en|la|sublīmātus}} Latin sublīmātus Head templates: {{en-noun}} sublimatory (plural sublimatories)
  1. A vessel or device used for sublimation.
    Sense id: en-sublimatory-en-noun-2jQniqQz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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