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the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Thurifer
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(incense-bearer), the ministering attendant in the Roman Catholic Church whose duty it is to carry the thurible or censer and swing it at the appointed time during service. He is ordinarily a chorister or acolyte, but on great occasions a subdeacon, deacon, or even a priest.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Thurifer'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/thurifer.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Thurifer'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/thurifer.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
