thurifer

The definition of a thurifer is a person who holds the incense during church services.

(noun)

An example of a thurifer is an altar server who carries incense to the altar in a Catholic Mass.

See thurifer in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an acolyte or server who carries a thurible

Origin: ModL < L thus (see thurible) + ferre, bear

See thurifer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An acolyte who carries a thurible.

Origin:

Origin: Latin thūrifer, incense-bearing

Origin: : thūs, thūr-, incense; see thurible

Origin: + -fer, -fer

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