thurible

[ thoor-uh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a censer.

thurible

/ ˈθjʊərɪbəl /

noun

another word for censer

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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.

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

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

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

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

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Thurgau thurifer

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