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Definition of Thurible

Thurible
Thurible Thu"ri*ble, n. [L. thuribulum, turibulum, from thus, thuris, or better tus, turis, frankincense, fr. Gr. ? a sacrifice, an offering, from ? to sacrifice.] (R. C. Ch.) A censer of metal, for burning incense, having various forms, held in the hand or suspended by chains; -- used especially at mass, vespers, and other solemn services. --Fairholt.

Meaning of Thurible from wikipedia

- A thurible (via Old French from Medieval Latin turibulum) is a metal incense burner suspended from chains, in which incense is burned during worship services...
- directly on top of a heat source or on a hot metal plate in a censer or thurible. Indirect-burning incense, also called "non-combustible incense", is a...
- pre-Gospel chant the thurible and the incense that he puts in the thurible and blesses, and servers, who may carry the thurible and lighted candles, precede...
- The Botafumeiro is a famous thurible used at the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, in Spain. Its name comes from the Galician language, where botar means...
- an incense offered during some Christian liturgical celebrations (see Thurible). Liquid myrrh is sometimes added to egg tempera in the making of icons...
- cf. Revelation 8:3) which infuse upwards towards the altar of God. A thurible, a type of censer, is used to contain incense as it is burned. A server...
- Reformed, Presbyterian, and Anglican churches. A thurible is used to hold the burning incense. Each thurible consists of a censer section, chains to hold...
- distractions, inattentiveness, or coldness. In tradition, he is depicted with a thurible. When depicted in iconography by himself or with individual characteristics...
- the priest and the deacon; they may carry the cross, the candles, the thurible, the bread, the wine, and the water, and they may also be deputed to distribute...
- when the priest says "he took and broke" and "this is my body/blood". The thurible of the Syriac Catholic Church consists of nine bells, representing the...