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thurify

thurify verb: to cense; to perfume with incense.

Verb

thurify (third-person singular simple present thurifies, present participle thurifying, simple past and past participle thurified)

  1. (transitive) To cense; to perfume with incense.
    • The smoak of Censing, smoak of Thurifying1641, Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas his Divine Weekes and Workes, page 574
    • After this, the Celebrant goes up to the Altar, thurifies it, and pronounces another Prayer, imploring the Diving Majesty to qualify him for offering up the Sacrifice &c.1736, Bernard Picart, The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World

Forms of thurify

third-person singular presentthurifies
present participlethurifying
past participlethurified
pastthurified

Questions about thurify

What does thurify mean?
Thurify means to cense; to perfume with incense.
What part of speech is thurify?
Thurify is a verb.
What is the past tense of thurify?
The past tense of thurify is thurified.

Words near thurify in the dictionary

  1. thurifers
  2. thurification
  3. thurifications
  4. thurified
  5. thurifies
  6. thurify
  7. thurifying
  8. Thurii
  9. Thuringer
  10. Thuringia
  11. Thuringian

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