Definition of incense

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Incense (n.) The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.

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Incensebreathing :: Incensebreathing (a.) Breathing or exhaling incense.
Incense :: Incense (n.) Also used figuratively.
Thuriferous :: Thuriferous (a.) Producing or bearing frankincense.
Incense :: Incense (n.) To perfume with, or as with, incense..
Encense :: Encense (n.) To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense.
Cense :: Cense (v. i.) To burn or scatter incense.
Frankincense :: Frankincense (n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified..
Incense :: Incense (n.) The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.
Thurification :: Thurification (n.) The act of fuming with incense, or the act of burning incense..
Incensement :: Incensement (n.) Fury; rage; heat; exasperation; as, implacable incensement..
Pachak :: Pachak (n.) The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus, exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be the costus of the ancients..
Olibene :: Olibene (n.) A colorless mobile liquid of a pleasant aromatic odor obtained by the distillation of olibanum, or frankincense, and regarded as a terpene; -- called also conimene..
Fume :: Fume (n.) The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
Ship :: Ship (n.) A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
Incense :: Incense (v. t.) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
Incense :: Incense (n.) To offer incense to. See Incense.
Censer :: Censer (n.) A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned.
Incense :: Incense (n.) The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc..
Incensory :: Incensory (n.) The vessel in which incense is burned and offered; a censer; a thurible.
Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense..
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