(n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified.
Example Sentences:
(1) People The Life of Brian The film opens with three wise men from the orient arriving in a stable to bestow gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh on a newborn baby.
(2) Two cases of therapy with frankincense and myrrh in children are presented.
(3) The cleavage reaction resulted from topoisomerase II was inhibited by other agents, such as frankincense extracts, terpenic compounds (BC series).
Incense
Definition:
(v. t.) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
(v. t.) To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.
(n.) To offer incense to. See Incense.
(n.) To perfume with, or as with, incense.
(n.) The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.
(n.) The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc.
(n.) Also used figuratively.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Liverpool manager was incensed by Lee Mason's performance at the Etihad Stadium on Boxing Day, when a 2-1 defeat cost his team the Premier League leadership and Raheem Sterling had a first half goal disallowed for an incorrect offside call.
(2) Brown’s parents were incensed, accusing Jackson of mounting a smear campaign.
(3) He’s not the first Tory MP to speak out about the problem of housing yourself while rich: Johnny Mercer told the Telegraph that he was so incensed by the cost of London property that he brought his family boat up from the south coast, moored it in east London, and stays there several nights a week.
(4) That displaced machinists on the banks of Lake Erie were so incensed by the Podesta emails that they voted for Trump instead of Clinton?
(5) Sir Roger Gale, Conservative MP for North Thanet in Kent, whose constituents include Hermitage and Middleton, has lobbied successive Foreign Office ministers for Africa over the years and is incensed that the British government is encouraging British companies to invest in Tanzania despite what happened at Silverdale.
(6) It was therefore attempted to combat the hospital infections by all means with desodorizing procedures, thus trying primarily to suppress the stench by frequent whitewashing of the rooms, spraying of vinegar, by burning powder and even using precious incense.
(7) Incensed by Sánchez, he went to remonstrate with Dean.
(8) I still don’t know if my brother is alive.” He said he was incensed by the intrusion.
(9) Ghani’s predecessor, Hamid Karzai, incensed the Obama administration by refusing to sign the basing deal, rebuking the country that installed him as Afghanistan’s leader after the US drove the Taliban from Kabul in 2001.
(10) The only souls around are a small group of Buddhist pilgrims, lighting incense at the rear of the spectacular Khmer temple.
(11) Hugh Morgan Williams, chairman of North East Access to Finance, was incensed.
(12) At the time, the sonic experimentation didn’t just divide opinion, it incensed some people.
(13) Incense Bata túise Lipstick Béaldath Shut your mouth!
(14) Comparisons with a year ago – when the bank incensed politicians by announcing £39.5m of bonuses on budget day – are difficult, as the composition of the management team has changed dramatically and the share price has fallen from 308p to 232p.
(15) MQM officials were incensed at the death of party activist Waqas Ali Shah, who was shot dead during the raid, although the Rangers denied they were responsible for firing the bullet that killed him.
(16) Mourinho was incensed that Clattenburg did not award his team a penalty and show a red card to Claudio Bravo after Manchester City’s new goalkeeper, at fault for Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s goal, dived into a challenge on Wayne Rooney 11 minutes into the second half.
(17) While contact was made, Mourinho was incensed on the bench and strode down the touchline to berate the visiting striker as he complained to the officials.
(18) By nightfall, an incensed Lisa told an officer at a nearby police station that she intended to file a missing persons report, and said “the media is gonna be in here” unless Stephanie was freed within a half an hour.
(19) Fusillades of incensed Times columnists from Finkelstein to Parris have the freedom to write what they believe.
(20) Dershowitz, who spoke to Epstein over the weekend, said the multi-millionaire was incensed by the the Florida court motion.