Definitions
a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual)
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“[…] and then Father Conroy handed the thurible to Canon O’Hanlon and he put in the incense and censed the Blessed Sacrament […].”
“1981, Dennis G. Michno, A Manual for Acolytes, Episcopal Church (Morehouse Publishing), page 55, The celebrant may fill the thurible with incense before the entrance, or may instruct the thurifer to do so.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Incense censer”8 letters
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