thurible

Originated 1400–50 from late Middle English turrible, from thoryble, from Latin thūribulum (“censer”), equivalent to thūs (“incense”) (root: thūr-) from Ancient Greek θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”) + -bulum (“instrumental suffix”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈθjʊəɹɪbəl/

thurible (plural thuribles)

1. A censer, especially one hanging on a chain.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

     […] and then Father Conroy handed the thurible to Canon O’Hanlon and he put in the incense and censed the Blessed Sacrament […]

• “thurible” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “thurible” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "thurible" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.