MEANING
A vessel, commonly suspended from chains, in which incense is burned during a religious ceremony.
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- swing a thurible
- silver thurible
- smoking thurible
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The thurible swung slowly beside the altar.
Smoke curled from the silver thurible.
The attendant carried the thurible through the dim church.
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- thurible
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular thurible; plural thuribles. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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