thurifer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of thurifer
1850–55; < New Latin, noun use of Latin t ( h ) ūrifer incense-bearing, equivalent to t ( h ) ūr- (stem of t ( h ) ūs ) incense + -i- -i- + -fer bearing; see -fer
Example Sentences
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At the gospel side, flanked by taper bearers and the thurifer, Pastor Robert Mohrhardt chanted: "Make not My Father's house an house of merchandise."
From Time Magazine Archive
From a censer swung by a thurifer, the sweet smoke of incense coiled heavily into the church.
From Time Magazine Archive
The procession was marshalled before the altar: the organ boomed through the church: the first thurifer started off, swinging his censer towards the clouded roof.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton
When he goes in procession he has a thurifer carried before him by the Pope's special permission.
From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank
The deacon, in his dalmatic, with acolytes carrying tapers, with thurifer and cross-bearer, all in albs and unicles, went in procession to the pulpit or the rood-loft, to sing this portion of the Gospel.
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.
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