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English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Middle French thurification, from Late Latin thurificatio, from Latin thurificatus; equivalent to thus (“incense”) + -ification.
Noun
thurification (countable and uncountable, plural thurifications)
- The act, or an instance, of burning incense.
1827, Henry Taylor, Isaac Comnenus: a play, page 152:They lay [a shield and spear] on the altar, and, with the customary genuflexions and thurifications, pass off.
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