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thurible

[ thoor-uh-buhl ]

noun

  1. a censer.


thurible

/ ˈθjʊərɪbəl /

noun

  1. another word for censer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of thurible1

1400–50; late Middle English turrible, thoryble < Latin t ( h ) ūribulum censer, equivalent to t ( h ) ūr- (stem of t ( h ) ūs ) incense + -i- -i- + -bulum instrumental suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of thurible1

C15: from Latin tūribulum censer, from tūs incense
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Example Sentences

Two other priests drew a silvern thurible upon wheels down the length of the temple and around each of its columns.

Thurible, thū′ri-bl, n. a censer of metal for burning frankincense.

The Pope then puts incense into the thurible for the procession, and the first Card.

According to Sarum and Bangor, the thurible, as well as the lights, attended the Gospel to the lectern.

It is supposed to have been formed to allow a thurible to be suspended therefrom into the church below.

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