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frankincense
/ˈfɹæŋkənˌsɛns/
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What does frankincense mean?
noun
- A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.
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/ˈfɹæŋkənˌsɛns/
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The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to superior natures.
The Turks use it in cooking, and also carry it to Mecca, for the same purpose that frankincense is carried to St. Peter’s in Rome.
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So Alexander now wrote to him, saying, "We have sent you abundance of myrrh and frankincense, that for the future you may not be stingy to the gods."
Hither came Solomon, first disguised as a shepherd, to win her love, and afterwards in his royal litter perfumed with myrrh and frankincense to take her to his Cedar House.
And therefore, when they will shrive them, they take fire and set it beside them, and cast therein powder of frankincense; and in the smoke thereof they shrive them to God, and cry him mercy.