thurification

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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.

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