Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thurify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thu-ri-fy
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cense; to perfume with incense.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The smoak of Censing, smoak of Thurifying"
"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."
"After this, the mitre is again set on his holiness's head, and the first cardinal-deacon thurifies him three times successively."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

thurifies (present, singular) thurifying (participle, present) thurified (participle, past) thurified (past)

Frequently Paired Words

thurification

Synonyms

cense incense

Questions

What does thurify mean?: To cense; to perfume with incense.

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