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thurifications

thurifications is the plural of thurification.

Meaning of thurification

Noun

thurification (countable and uncountable, plural thurifications)

  1. The act, or an instance, of burning incense.
    • They lay [a shield and spear] on the altar, and, with the customary genuflexions and thurifications, pass off.1827, Henry Taylor, Isaac Comnenus: a play, page 152

Questions about thurifications

What is thurifications the plural of?
Thurifications is the plural of thurification.

Words near thurifications in the dictionary

  1. thuricin
  2. thurifer
  3. thuriferous
  4. thurifers
  5. thurification
  6. thurifications
  7. thurified
  8. thurifies
  9. thurify
  10. thurifying
  11. Thurii

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