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frankincense

noun as in incense

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Same with the Three Kings and their gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Frankincense is a kind of incense, which is to say room freshener.

Casper, Melchior, and Balthazar “presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.”

The air was heavy with the perfume of frankincense which smouldered in a brass vessel set upon a tray.

To what purpose do you bring me frankincense from Saba, and the sweet smelling cane from a far country?

Take of red roses, lapididis hoematis, white frankincense, of each half an ounce.

It is the true spice-tree of our Northern clime, the myrrh and frankincense of the land of lingering snow.

To Hamilton Burton it was all like the sniffing of frankincense and myrrh.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to frankincense, such as: aroma, odor, perfume, scent, balm, and bouquet.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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