Definitions for thurible

thurible thu·ri·ble

Spelling: [thoo r-uh-buh l]
IPA: /ˈθʊər ə bəl/

Thurible is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 268 anagrams from letters in thurible (behilrtu).

Definitions for thurible

noun

  1. a censer.

Origin of thurible

1400-50; late Middle English turrible, thoryble Latin t(h)ūribulum censer, equivalent to t(h)ūr- (stem of t(h)ūs) incense + -i- -i- + -bulum instrumental suffix

Examples for thurible

thurible, thū′ri-bl, n. a censer of metal for burning frankincense.

To her husband was given a thurible, filled with incense wherewith to perfume his household gods.

According to Sarum and Bangor, the thurible, as well as the lights, attended the Gospel to the lectern.

It is supposed to have been formed to allow a thurible to be suspended therefrom into the church below.

The Pope then puts incense into the thurible for the procession, and the first Card.

thurible, a censer suspended by chains and held in the hand by a priest during mass and other offices of the Romish Church.

Word Value for thurible
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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