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Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re swings a thurible of incense on the coffin of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI during the funeral mass at St. Peter's square on Jan. 5, 2023 in Vatican City.—Armani Syed, Time, 5 Jan. 2023 Nor is it industrial school or Magdalene Ireland, where the swish of a soutane smothered conscience and humanity, or the swing of a thurible ruled the Irish Catholic world.—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 19 May 2017
Word History
Etymology
Middle English thurribul, from Latin thuribulum, from thur-, thus incense, from Greek thyos incense, sacrifice, from thyein to sacrifice — more at thyme
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