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Definition of Thurifers
1. thurifer [n] - See also: thurifer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thurifers
Literary usage of Thurifers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society (1890)
"And when the priest tarns to go to the ablution, let the torch bearers and
thurifers return to the vestry, bowing before the midst of the altar as they ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"But I own I can see no probability, or even plausibility, in the supposed derivation
of treble from thurible. The thurifers were certainly boys, ..."
3. The Parson's Handbook: Containing Practical Directions Both for Parsons and by Percy Dearmer (1902)
"... and then two side by side (this massing of the banners must have looked very
fine), afterwards came the dragon on his staff, and then the thurifers, ..."
4. Speeches of the Earl of Shaftesbury ... Upon Subjects Relating to the Claims by Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury (1868)
"At the rear, immediately before the thurifers, the cope was carried by the deputed
person who acted for the donor; the priest went to the altar accompanied ..."
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