thurifer

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For me, assuming the thurifer is using quality charcoal so that we smell the incense and not the gunpowder used to keep the charcoal alight, I've always found the memories triggered by the smell of the incense to a be powerful tool in focusing my spirit to an attitude of prayer.

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  • Fr. David Hefling had his deacon, his seminarian, the full choir (of about six souls, I think) and a crucifer and thurifer for us, so we made a majestic procession. —  Akma
  • For me, assuming the thurifer is using quality charcoal so that we smell the incense and not the gunpowder used to keep the charcoal alight, I've always found the memories triggered by the smell of the incense to a be powerful tool in focusing my spirit to an attitude of prayer. —  Entangled States
  • This dignified thurifer then made the circuit of the other rooms, plying his censer. —  The Days Before Yesterday
  • You miss the incense, you feel that some noble thurifer should have fumigated him at each stage. —  The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series
  • A garlanded and dream-fast thurifer —  The Hours of Fiammetta A Sonnet Sequence
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  1. Latin thūrifer, incense-bearing : thūs, thūr-, incense; see thurible + -fer, -fer.

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  1. from Latin thurifer, turifer, from thus (thur-), tus (tur-), incense, + ferre = English bear.
 

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/ˈθjurɪfər/
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