Also 9 thuribler: [ad. med.L. thūribulārius (1312 in Du Cange), f. thūribul-um THURIBLE + -ārius, -ER2 2. So F. thuribulier (16th c. in Godef.).] An acolyte who carries the thurible; = next.

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1504.  in Ripon Ch. Acts (Surtees), 295. The vicars, dekenez, thuribulers, and the choristers.

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1546.  Yorks. Chantry Surv. (Surtees), 530. In the saide collegiate churche bee … ij thuribulers.

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1877.  J. D. Chambers, Div. Worship, 111. When the Antiphon … is finished the Thuribler should retire.

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1891.  Athenæum, 24 Oct., 544/1. The usual complement of … priests, deacons and subdeacons, choristers, thuribulers, and clerks.

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