thurifyv.
/ˈθjʊərɪfʌɪ/ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > other practices > carry out other practices [verb (intransitive)] > burn incense
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c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine v. 350 If ȝe wil consent And thuryfye to Iubiter.
c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine v. 534 Thanne shul ye now..Thuryfie on-to that mageste Of grete appollo.
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 60 He [sc. Pope Marcellus] wold not obeye Maximiniane and thurifie.
2. transitive. To perfume with incense; to burn incense before; to offer incense to; = cense v.1 1. Also transferred (quot. 1599).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > impart perfume [verb (transitive)] > cense
sterec1000
incense1303
smeeka1382
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censec1405
thuriblec1440
censer1625
society > faith > worship > other practices > carry out other practices [verb (transitive)] > burn incense > perfume with or burn incense before person
rechela1200
incense1303
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censec1405
becensea1622
fume1641
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xix. 87 Þai bring..incense and oþer thinges swete smelland for to turify þat ymage.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 663/2 By thurifyeng or censing the aultars.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 65 This herring..was sensed and thurified in the smoake.
1737 G. Smith Curious Relations I. iii. 417 The while the Corps remains in the House, the Priest comes every Day to thurify it.
1851 R. R. Madden Shrines & Sepulchres I. 313 Several Priests..came next to thurify the body.
Derivatives
ˈthurifying n.
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society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > burning or perfuming with incense
fumigationc1384
subfumigationa1393
incensinga1425
thurification1496
censing1499
suffumigation1565
thurifyinga1618
fuming1686
incensation1853
a1618 J. Sylvester Tobacco Battered 183 The..smoak of Thurifying Of Images.
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