substance which gives of a sweet smell when burned; smoke produced by burning incense; perfume, pleasant smell; praise, flattery
burn incense; perfume; anger, enrage, provoke, irritate
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Incense Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
(v. t.)
To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.
To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.
(n.)
To perfume with, or as with, incense.
To perfume with, or as with, incense.
(n.)
To offer incense to. See Incense.
To offer incense to. See Incense.
(n.)
The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.
The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.
(n.)
The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc.
The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc.
(n.)
Also used figuratively.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAlso used figuratively.
incense
tree n : any of various tropical trees of the family burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense
incense
tree, the name of several balsamic trees of the genus bursera (or icica) mostly tropical american. the gum resin is used for incense. in jamaica the chrysobalanus icaco, a tree related to the plums, is called incense tree...
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similar words(3)
incense wood
incense tree
incense cedar
Arogldarthu = v. to burn incense
Mygdarthu = v. to burn incense
Noun
1. a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
(hypernym) compound, chemical compound
(hyponym) joss stick
(substance-meronym) stacte
(derivation) cense, thurify
2. the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned; "incense filled the room"
(hypernym) aroma, fragrance, perfume, scent
(derivation) cense, thurify
Verb
1. perfume especially with a censer
(synonym) cense, thurify
(hypernym) odorize, odourise, scent
2. make furious
(synonym) infuriate, exasperate
(hypernym) anger
Incense Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Incense (from Latin incendere "to burn") is composed of aromatic biotic materials, which release fragrant smoke when burned. The term incense refers to the substance itself, rather than to the odor that it produces. It is used in religious ceremonies, ritual purification, aromatherapy, meditation, for creating a spiritual atmosphere, and for masking unpleasant odors.
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Incense Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
a fragrant composition prepared by the "art of the apothecary." It consisted of four ingredients "beaten small" (Ex. 30:34-36). That which was not thus prepared was called "strange incense" (30:9). It was offered along with every meat-offering; and besides was daily offered on the golden altar in the holy place, and on the great day of atonement was burnt by the high priest in the holy of holies (30:7, 8). It was the symbol of prayer (Ps. 141:1,2; Rev. 5:8; 8:3, 4).
from the Latin "to burn," "a mixture of gums or spices and the like, used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned;" or the perfume itself of the spices, etc., burned in worship. The incense employed in the service of the tabernacle walls compounded of the perfumes stacte, onycha, galbanum and pure frankincense. All incense which was not made of these ingredients was forbidden to be offered. (Exodus 30:9) Aaron, as high priest, was originally appointed to offer incense each morning and evening. The times of offering incense were specified in the instructions first given to Moses. (Exodus 30:7,8) When the priest entered the holy place with the incense, all the people were removed from the temple, and from between the porch and the altar. Cf. (Luke 1:10) Profound silence was observed among the congregation who were praying without, cf. (Revelation 8:1) and at a signal from the perfect the priest cast the incense on the fire and, bowing reverently toward the holy of holies, retired slowly backward. The offering of incense has formed part of the religious ceremonies of most ancient nations. It was an element in the idolatrous worship of the Israelites. (2 Chronicles 34:25; Jeremiah 11:12,17; 48:35) It would seem to be symbolical, not of itself, but of that which makes acceptable, the intercession of Christ. In (Revelation 8:3,4) the incense is of as something distinct from offered with the prayers of, all the saints cf. (Luke 1:10) and in Reve 6:8 It is the golden vials, and not the odors or incense, which are said to be the prayers of saints.
white, incense
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. About
Incense Fragrant incense has been used from immemorial antiquity practically worldwide, often in ceremonial magic of various kinds. Incense may be simple, as in the usage of burning leaves, bark, or wood, the smoke itself being often so fragrant as to fall under the modern ideas of incense; or compound when it is composed of various ingredients, all of a more or less fragrant character when burned. The explanation of the original use of incense was that it was a strong purifying agent, some plants thus used in purificatory fumigations being far more powerful in effect than others. In its worst uses, incense is distinctly stupefying in character, and when so used its burning partakes of sorcery. Its purificatory effect is because smoke of various kinds, or the fumes from the burning, are antiseptic or cleansing in character; and some plants especially when burned repel evil-natured denizens in the astral light.
