thurible
English
Etymology
Originated 1400–50 from late (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English turrible, from thoryble, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin thūribulum (“censer”), equivalent to thūs (“incense”) (root: thūr-) from Ancient Greek θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”) + -bulum (“instrumental suffix”).
Pronunciation
Noun
thurible (plural thuribles)
- A censer, especially one hanging on a chain.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- […] and then Father Conroy handed the thurible to Canon O’Hanlon and he put in the incense and censed the Blessed Sacrament […]
Translations
censer — see censer
References
- “thurible”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “thurible”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "thurible" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.