Boatbearer
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A clergyman who carries the incense before it is lit.
"He remembered the summer evening he had been there to be dressed as a boatbearer, the evening of the procession to the little altar in the wood."
Example
More examples"He remembered the summer evening he had been there to be dressed as a boatbearer, the evening of the procession to the little altar in the wood."
Etymology
From boat + bearer.
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