Definition of "thurifer" [thurifer]

• An acolyte who carries a thurible. (noun)

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• "As at the Offertory of Mass, the thurifer comes to the priest, who imposes incense without blessing it, and, accompanied in the usual way by the deacon and subdeacon, incenses the Host and chalice, Cross and altar as at a Solemn Mass, genuflecting whenever he passes before the Sacrament."
• "All enter the church in procession, first the thurifer, and an acolyte who carries the five grains of incense on a plate, then the subdeacon with the Cross, the acolytes, the attending clergy, the deacon, carrying the reed, and the priest."
• "The deacon and thurifer go to the lectern, which is set where the Gospel is normally sung."