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Webster 1913 Edition
Frankincense
Frank′in-cense
,Noun.
[OF.
franc
free, pure + encens
incense.] 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. Webster 1828 Edition
Frankincense
FRANKIN'CENSE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
frankincense
frankincense
English
Noun
frankincense (countable and uncountable, plural frankincenses)
- A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man:
- The glories of Mary held his soul captive : spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men.
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Translations
incense
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