thurify

To cense; to perfume with incense.

Verb

  1. To cense; to perfume with incense.
    • The smoak of Censing, smoak of Thurifying - 1641, Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas his Divine Weekes and Workes, page 574:
    • After this, the Celebrant goes up to the Altar, thurifies it, and pronounces another Prayer, imploring the Diving Majesty to qualify him for offering up the Sacrifice &c. - 1736, Bernard Picart, The Ceremonies and...
    • After this, the mitre is again set on his holiness's head, and the first cardinal-deacon thurifies him three times successively. - 1881, William Burder, The History of All Religions of the World, page 235:

Forms

thurifies thurifying thurified

Related

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