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to thurify

to thurify

9.9
To fill a place with incense smoke during a religious ceremony
  • verb
  • /ˈθʌrəˌfaɪ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : incensar
  • He watched the bishop thurify the sacred relics, filling the chapel with fragrant smoke.

Examples

  • The priest began to thurify the altar before the start of the Mass.

  • During the ceremony, acolytes thurified the congregation as a sign of blessing.

  • The priest will thurify the altar during the ceremony.

  • She thurified the church with incense last Sunday.

  • During the ceremony, acolytes thurified the congregation with incense to symbolize blessing.

  • He watched the bishop thurify the sacred relics, creating a cloud of fragrant smoke in the chapel.

  • The priest began to thurify the altar, filling the air with the sweet scent of burning incense.

Synonyms

to incense
vsto thurify
1 7.4

To burn a scented material to make a place smell nice, often in a ceremony

is more about fumigating with burning material in a censer
to cense
vsto thurify
  • Specialized
9.9

To burn incense so a place smells sweet

is more focused on burning the fragrant material during the ritual

Surface Forms

thurify infinitive
thurified past
thurified past participle
thurifying present participle
thurifies third person singular

Morphology

thurify = thur + ify

Formed from the combining element 'thur-' plus the productive verb-forming suffix '-ify', but 'thur-' is not a standalone English word and the formation is rare/archaic, so learners cannot reliably infer the meaning from parts.

Etymology

Thurify comes from an old word thuris meaning 'incense', a fragrant smoke used in worship. So to thurify is to perfume a place by burning incense, often as part of a religious ceremony.