thurification

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French thurification, from Late Latin thurificatio, from Latin thurificatus; equivalent to thus (“incense”) +‎ -ification.

Noun

thurification (countable and uncountable, plural thurifications)

1. The act, or an instance, of burning incense.
   • 1827, Henry Taylor, Isaac Comnenus: a play, page 152:

     They lay [a shield and spear] on the altar, and, with the customary genuflexions and thurifications, pass off.

Further reading

• “thurification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.