thurible

[ thoor-uh-buhl ]

noun

1. a censer.

thurible

/ ˈθjʊərɪbəl /

noun

1. another word for censer

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of thurible¹

C15: from Latin tūribulum censer, from tūs incense

Example Sentences

On Thursday, about eight months after debuting the idea on a beach in Venice, his portable machines finally made an appearance at Paris Fashion Week — held like a “Brutalist modernist version” of a thurible, those incense dispensers swung from chains at churches, as Mr. Owens described them last fall.

From New York Times

A teary widow, Leah Tutu, hugged her daughters after climbing out of the hearse, meeting other family members and the clergy at the entrance, where six black-robed pall bearers carried the closed coffin inside to an inner sanctuary amid a cloud of incense from an Anglican thurible.

From Reuters

Altar boys parade with palm fronds, a priest swings a thurible, a young woman joins her hands in prayer.

From Time

A giant thurible swings across a pond, created from the sunken floor of the old refectory.

From BBC

Pegboard is the altar of the weekend hobbyist, home to the literal tools of his worship — not crucifix or thurible, but claw hammer and crescent wrench, each hanging neatly on its own hook.

From Washington Post