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verbperfume especially with a censer
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verbmake furious
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"incense filled the room"nounthe pleasing scent produced when incense is burned
Definition that contains incense
- incense the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned
- magi (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them
- myrrh aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume
- censer a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual)
- wrathful vehemently incensed and condemnatory
- wroth vehemently incensed and condemnatory
- salai East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense
- incense tree any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense
- bulnesia sarmienti South American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense
- boswellia carteri tree yielding an aromatic gum resin burned as incense