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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I went to the pilgrim Mass and saw the famous thurible swing through the cathedral.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
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
As the priest circled the altar with his thurible, the men prayed as if in the middle of Friday prayers at a great mosque.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2013
The nurse went to seek her one evening, and found the young woman in a dense cloud of blue that emanated from a costly thurible, which she was swinging before the crucifix in the Chapel.
From Mistress Penwick by Dutton Payne
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