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
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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 Sun, a contrite thurifer After his garish days, Through lessening arch, a wavy blur, His burnish'd censer sways.
From Sonnets and Other Verse by W. M. MacKeracher
A thurifer goes first, flinging his censer high in the air, and the lights, borne one on each side of the great silver crucifix, gleam redly through a misty cloud.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford
Ruskin was disappointed with his former pupil, and Pater did not hesitate to express disapprobation to private friends; while he accepted incense from a disciple, he distrusted the thurifer.
From Reviews by Oscar Wilde
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