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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An acolyte who carries a thurible.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An acolyte who carries the censer.

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  • noun an acolyte who carries a thurible.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an acolyte who carries a thurible

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin thūrifer, incense-bearing : thūs, thūr-, incense; see thurible + -fer, -fer.]

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Originated 1850–55 from New Latin thūrifer ("incense-bearing")/turifer, from Latin thur/tur, stem of thus ("incense"), tus + -fer ("bearing")

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