incense
IPA: ɪnsˈɛns
noun
- A perfume used in the rites of various religions.
- (figurative) Homage; adulation.
verb
- (obsolete) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
- (transitive) To anger or infuriate.
- (archaic) To incite, stimulate.
- (transitive) To offer incense to.
- (transitive) To perfume with, or as with, incense.
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Examples of "incense" in Sentences
- The scent of incense clung to him.
- This paltry sum incensed the fishermen.
- The incense stick symbolizes renunciation.
- The brown incense paper serves as the base.
- He then takes the thurible and incenses the coffin.
- Incense burns in braziers at each side of the shrine.
- Incense serves a dual purpose in the presentation of the body.
- An incense burner is placed in the middle of the five elements.
- The incense is an important representation of the Tibetan culture.
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