Thurible
//ˈθjʊəɹɪbəl// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A censer, especially one hanging on a chain.
"[…] and then Father Conroy handed the thurible to Canon O’Hanlon and he put in the incense and censed the Blessed Sacrament […]."
- 2 a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual) wordnet
Example
More examples"[…] and then Father Conroy handed the thurible to Canon O’Hanlon and he put in the incense and censed the Blessed Sacrament […]."
Etymology
Originated 1400–50 from late Middle English turrible, from thoryble, from Latin thūribulum (“censer”), equivalent to thūs (“incense”) (root: thūr-) (from Ancient Greek θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”)) + -bulum (“instrumental suffix”).
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