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English
Etymology
Originated 1400–50 from late Middle English turrible, from thoryble, from Latin thuribulum|thūribulum (censer), equivalent to thur-|thūr- (incense) + -i- + -bulum (instrumental suffix).

Pronunciation
IPA|/'θjʊərɪbəl/

Noun
en-noun

1. a censer.

#:*1922: and then Father Conroy handed the thurible to Canon O’Hanlon and he put in the incense and censed the Blessed Sacrament — James Joyce, Ulysses

References
R:American Heritage 2000|thurible
R:Dictionary.com|thurible
R:WordNet 2003|thurible

ru:thurible
vi:thurible

• 2006-12-27 01:11 - Pathoschild - expanded etymology, + references

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