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- noun uncountable
Frankincense obtained fromconifers such as the Norway spruce, or long-leaved pine.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Regem Deumque annuntiant thesaurus, et fragrans odor thuris Sabaei, ac myrrheus pulvis sepulchrum praedocet.
"The Hymns of Prudentius, translated by R. Martin Pope" bls 2009
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Regem Deumque annuntiant thesaurus, et fragrans odor thuris Sabaei, ac myrrheus pulvis sepulchrum praedocet.
Archive 2009-01-01 bls 2009
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Tardos aliter et tristes thuris in modum exhalare facit.
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Deos thuris fumis indigere nemo certe unquam credidit, quos tamen iis gratos putarunt, quia homines se non beneficiorum immemores his testimoniis ostenderunt. '
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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It is obtained by successive incisions in the bark of a tree called Arbor thuris.
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Ferens thuris, stellis imitantibus, ignem, so that the fire was where it should be, on the top of an upright altar, where also on the sky itself were stars looking like the smoke from incense fires.
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In all these ceremonies they burn on the spot a little gum benzoin -- Et acerra thuris plena, positusque carbo in cespite vivo.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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Cordyllas madidâ tegas papyro, Vel thuris piperisque sis cucullus.
The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 Robert Herrick 1632
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Non inhumare folo; fed nudant corpora primutn Vifceribus, terguntque; debinc vim thuris odoram
The Works of Soame Jenyns ...: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published. To which are ... 1790
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