thurible

American

[thoor-uh-buhl] / ˈθʊər ə bəl /

noun

a censer.

thurible British

/ ˈθjʊərɪbəl /

noun

another word for censer

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Etymology

Origin of thurible

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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Thurible, a censer suspended by chains and held in the hand by a priest during mass and other offices of the Romish Church.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

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

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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