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thurifer

[ UK /θjˈʊɹɪfɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. an acolyte who carries a thurible

How To Use thurifer In A Sentence

  • And at the sound of the sacring bell, headed by a crucifer with acolytes, thurifers, boatbearers, readers, ostiarii, deacons and subdeacons, the blessed company drew nigh of mitred abbots and priors and guardians and monks and friars: the monks of Benedict of Ulysses
  • The procession is led by the crucifer, lucifers and thurifer followed by the priest bearing the Blessed Sacrament.
  • Acolytes serve at the altar as sub deacons and servers, crucifers, thurifers, torchbearers and lectors.
  • One ascends the altar, leaving the others swinging their thurifers at its foot - hands his to the officiant and retires.
  • Clouds of incense led the procession with the thurifer swinging full circles and figure eights.
  • [40] Probably the lauan (also called lauaan and sándana; _Dipterocarpus thurifera_ -- Linn.), a reddish white or ashy wood with brown spots, used chiefly in the construction of canoes, and producing logs 75 feet long by 24 inches square (_U. S. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 18 of 55 1617-1620 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing
  • The two thurifers should be assisted by a boat bearer during the procession.
  • Our Acolytes range in age from 7 to 70 and serve as crucifers, torch-bearers, thurifers, vergers and other roles to help make our worship experience complete.
  • There is not a thurifer in the country who has not at some time created the world's finest incense only to mislay the formula and then forget how they made it.
  • Acolytes are asked to serve one Sunday a month as torch bearers, crucifers, book holders, thurifers and servers.
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