thurify, v.
(ˈθjʊərɪfaɪ)
[a. F. thurifi-er (15–16th c. in Godef.), ad. eccl. L. thūrificāre, f. thūs, thūr- incense + -ficāre: see thus n. and -fy.]
† 1. intr. To burn or offer incense; = cense v.1 2. Obs. rare.
| c 1440 J. Capgrave St. Kath. v. 350 If ȝe wil consent And thuryfye to Iubiter. Ibid. 534 Thanne shul ye now..Thuryfie on-to that mageste Of grete appollo. 1460 ― Chron. (Rolls) 76 He [Pope Marcellus] wold not obey Maximiane, and thurifie. |
2. trans. To perfume with incense; to burn incense before; to offer incense to; = cense v.1 1. Also transf. (quot. 1599).
| 1570 Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 663/2 By thurifyeng or censing the aultars. 1599 Nashe Lenten Stuffe 65 This herring..was sensed and thurified in the smoake. 1737 G. Smith Cur. Relat. I. iii. 417 The while the Corps remains in the House, the Priest comes every Day to thurify it. 1851 Madden Shrines & Sepulchres I. 313 Several Priests..came next to thurify the body. |
Hence ˈthurifying vbl. n.
| a 1618 Sylvester Tobacco Battered 183 The..smoak of Thurifying Of Images. |