Thurifer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An acolyte who carries a thurible.
  2. 2
    an acolyte who carries a thurible wordnet

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acolytebeadleclerkdeaconelderlector

Etymology

Originated 1850–55 from New Latin thūrifer (“incense-bearing”), tūrifer, from Latin thūs, tūs (“incense”) + -fer (“bearing”)

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