thurible
Americannoun
noun
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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A meme that saw users film themselves kicking a cap off a soft drink bottle in increasingly outlandish ways, Peters’ contribution involved glancing a thurible against the top of a bottle of port.
From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2019
A giant thurible swings across a pond, created from the sunken floor of the old refectory.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2016
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 • Jan. 31, 2016
Bathos hovers throughout, not least when what looks like a thurible is reverently lowered from the roof – and turns out to be a lampshade.
From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2012
All the other articles, too, were of silver: the lavabo basin, the bell, the thurible, the boat and spoon, and the cruets.
From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh
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