thurification

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noun

The act, or an instance, of burning incense.

OriginMiddle French thurification ← Late Latin thurificatio ← Latin thurificatus →
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Meanings

nounthurification (countable and uncountable, plural thurifications)

plural thurifications

  1. countableuncountableThe act, or an instance, of burning incense.

    They lay [a shield and spear] on the altar, and, with the customary genuflexions and thurifications, pass off.

    1827, Henry Taylor, Isaac Comnenus: a play, page 152

Origin

  1. Latinthurificatus
  2. Late Latinthurificatio
  3. Middle Frenchthurification
  4. Englishthurification

From Middle English, from Middle French thurification, from Late Latin thurificatio, from Latin thurificatus; equivalent to thus (“incense”) + -ification.

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APA

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Chicago

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