[n. of action f. eccl. L. thūrificāre to THURIFY: see -FICATION. Cf. obs. F. thurificacion (15–16th c. in Godef.).] The action of thurifying; the burning or offering of, or perfuming with incense.

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1496.  Dives & Paup. (W. de W.), I. xv. 46/2. Thuryfycacyon & encensyng was by olde tyme an hyghe dyvyne worshypp.

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a. 1529.  Skelton, Ph. Sparowe, 522. With armatycke gumes … The way of thurifycation To make a fumigation.

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1649.  Bp. Hall, Cases Consc., III. iii. (1654), 185. Some semblance of an Idolatrous thurification.

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1755.  Amory, Mem. (1766), II. 193. The papal rites of … bowing the body, thurifications, deosculations.

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1872.  Shipley, Gloss. Eccl. Terms, s.v. Absolutiones 5 Prayers, thurifications, and aspersions round the bodies of the dead.

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