Lăch'ry-ma-to-ry, n.

n. [L. Lat. lacrymatorium, from lacryma, a tear; Fr. lacrymatoire, Sp. lacrimatorio, It. lacrimatorio, lagrimatorio.] (Antiq.) A vessel found in sepulchers of the ancients, in which it has been supposed the tears of a deceased person's friends were collected and preserved with the ashes and urn; — called also lachrymal or lacrymal.