‖ thymiˈama Obs.
[a. Gr. θῡµίᾱµα, f. θῡµιᾶν to burn incense. In thymyame (Lydgate) a. OF. thymiame, timiame incense, perfume (12–14th c. in Godef.).]
Incense.
| [1430–40 Lydg. Bochas vii. ix. (MS. Bodl. 263 lf. 361/1), Silk Synamome, franc ensens withal For sacrefise, the purpurate vesture W{supt} Thymyame, the riche pectoral Which ordeyned wern,..For the Solempne place of places alle Sancta sanctorum.] 1697 tr. Rodriguez' Chr. Perfect. v. i. I. 269 The smell of well compos'd Thymiama is very delicious. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Thymiama, Incense, Perfume; a Sweet-Gum. |