Definitions
Etymologies
- Originated 1850–55 from New Latin thūrifer ("incense-bearing")/turifer, from Latin thur/tur, stem of thus ("incense"), tus + -fer ("bearing") (Wiktionary)
- Latin thūrifer, incense-bearing : thūs, thūr-, incense; see thurible + -fer, -fer. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“As at the Offertory of Mass, the thurifer comes to the priest, who imposes incense without blessing it, and, accompanied in the usual way by the deacon and subdeacon, incenses the Host and chalice, Cross and altar as at a Solemn Mass, genuflecting whenever he passes before the Sacrament.”
“All enter the church in procession, first the thurifer, and an acolyte who carries the five grains of incense on a plate, then the subdeacon with the Cross, the acolytes, the attending clergy, the deacon, carrying the reed, and the priest.”
“The deacon and thurifer go to the lectern, which is set where the Gospel is normally sung.”
“All genuflect in the middle together, the thurifer in the middle of the torch-bearers, who genuflect in a straight line across the sanctuary.”
“The thurifer goes to the foot of the steps. on the epistle side of the altar.”
“They stay here fill after the elevation, the thurifer at the epistle side waits till just before the consecration.”
“The thurifer takes some coals from the Paschal fire and places them in the thurible.”
“The thurifer rises, comes to the middle, genuflects arid takes the thurible out.”
“The thurifer kneels on the lowest step on the epistle side, facing the gospel side.”
“At the Sanctus the thurifer comes accompanied by the torch-bearers.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thurifer’.
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phrontistery-t
from phrontistery.info
tyromancy, tyroma, tyroid, tyriasis, tyrannicide, typtology, typothetae, typomania, typography, typographia, typhonic, typhomania and 930 more...
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Jesse's random
bathos, dragoman, tessellated, escutcheon, eikon, mondaine, basilisk, ciborium, rubric, machicolation, jet, defalcation and 198 more...
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Joycean Vocab
You ain't read no English til you read Joyce.
rasher, cygnet, usquebaugh, ephebe, entelechy, kish, caul, vicereine, atelier, daguerreotype, communard, connubial and 99 more...
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remnants of a catholic childhood
extreme unction, viaticum, maundy thursday, spy wednesday, good friday, papabile, monstrance, septuagesima, monsignor, thurible, chasuble, alb and 110 more...
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inkhorn's Words
inkhorn, aplomb, apotheosis, asinine, avatar, bombastic, boorish, bromide, bucolic, cagey, canvass, digress and 991 more...
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A Second Helping of Random Palavery
A continuation of my first list, "A Serving of Random Palavery". Like the first, this list contains words that catch my attention, ring happily in my ears, are fun to speak, or are interesting to ...
bouffoir, mossberry, webisode, barquette, brochidodromous, festooned brochid..., eucamptodromy, eucamptodromous, loment, keenings, moss-trooper, mosstrooping and 138 more...
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chairmanK's list
eristic, eidetic, reticular, legshow, phytomorphic, ophidian, autumnal, frisson, rhizomatic, pulchritude, lubricious, veridical and 110 more...
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Oh them words, them words
My fancies, my cudgels.
liquescent, ferly, lamia, basilisk, trigon, fantast, stirp, tristesse, enfleurage, stemma, formicary, lacrimation and 346 more...
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logophile
viresce, infinitum, transient, nonpareil, anon, therianthropy, lycomania, halcyon, unblinkered, seraphim, nephilim, moros and 160 more...
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Carry Me Home
Another kind of bear list: words bearing the -fer suffix ("that which carries"), the -ferous suffix ("bearing," "producing," or "yielding").
Also see (if you like) Carry Me Home Again.aquifer, conifer, umbellifer, transfer, thurifer, defer, telfer, suffer, rotifer, refer, foraminifer, poriferous and 157 more...
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Ulysses
This is a list of the more difficult English words found in James Joyce's Ulysses. It will continually be updated as I read along. The list is in reverse chronological order, meaning that the last ...
equine, untonsured, corpuscle, prelate, parapet, dactyl, jejune, lancet, jalap, barbican, valise, dewsilky and 377 more...
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words found in recent reading
antebellum, paschal, peradventure, dolichocephalic, brachycephalic, haply, hapless, coup de foudre, peccant, pentimento, parthenogenesis, passepartout and 20 more...
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Liturgical words
Words I like that pertain to liturgy, especially in the Roman Catholic Church.
maniple, transubstantiation, reredos, cruciform, cassock, alb, biretta, intincture, pyx, tabernacle, thurible, thurifer and 6 more...
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Malfeas notes
Descriptive words for an upcoming project.
stippled, tumid, turgid, putrescent, primeval, moiety, musk, prolix, excrescence, septentrion, wherry, jumentous and 44 more...
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reinstatedOn's List
why would a list of words require a description?
Tweets
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garyth123 see thurible Jan 31, 2009