thurifer
English
editEtymology
editOriginated 1850–55 from New Latin thūrifer (“incense-bearing”)/tūrifer, from Latin thūs, tūs (“incense”) + -fer (“bearing”)
Noun
editthurifer (plural thurifers)
Translations
editacolyte who carries a thurible
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References
edit- “thurifer”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “thurifer”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "thurifer" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.