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Thurible

//ˈθjʊəɹɪbəl// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual) wordnet

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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