thurible

noun /ˈθjʊəɹɪbəl/

1. A censer, especially one hanging on a chain.

   […] and then Father Conroy handed the thurible to Canon O’Hanlon and he put in the incense and censed the Blessed Sacrament […].

Where it comes from

Originated 1400–50 from late Middle English turrible, from thoryble, from Latin thūribulum (“censer”), equivalent to thūs (“incense”) (root: thūr-) (from Ancient Greek θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”)) + -bulum (“instrumental suffix”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry thurible (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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