Frankincense Definition

frăngkĭn-sĕns
noun
A gum resin obtained from various Arabian and African trees (genus Boswellia) of the bursera family and used in perfumes and as incense; olibanum.
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Noun

Singular:
frankincense
Plural:
frankincenses

Origin of Frankincense

  • Middle English frank encens from Old French franc encens franc free, pure frank1 encens incense incense2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French franc encens.

    From Wiktionary

Frankincense Sentence Examples

  • Libanus, for frankincense, occurs only in the Vulgate.

  • King Antigonus is said to have had a branch of the true frankincense tree sent to him.

  • Bernhard von Breydenbach, 8 Ausonius, Florus and others, arguing, it would seem, from its Hebrew and Greek names, concluded that olibanum came from Mount Lebanon; and Chardin (Voyage en Perse, &c., 1711) makes the statement that the frankincense tree grows in the mountains of Persia, particularly Caramania.

  • Punt is identified with the Somali country, now known to be the native country of the trees that yield the bulk of the frankincense of commerce.

  • They also melt frankincense as a depilatory, and smear their hands with a paste into the composition of which frankincense enters, for the purpose of communicating to them an attractive perfume.

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Words Starting With

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ESENSE

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