Sample Sentences forfrankincense (auto-selected)
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The candle is scented with frankincense.frankincense = an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees
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If she was mixing oils and couldn't remember whether she'd added frankincense.† (source)
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The priests with curly beards swung pots of frankincense on chains and never smiled at babies the way they did on usual Sundays.† (source)
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The Turks use it in cooking, and also carry it to Mecca, for the same purpose that frankincense is carried to St. Peter's in Rome.† (source)
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He saw that there was no mood of the mind that had not its counterpart in the sensuous life, and set himself to discover their true relations, wondering what there was in frankincense that made one mystical, and in ambergris that stirred one's passions, and in violets that woke the memory of dead romances, and in musk that troubled the brain, and in champak that stained the imagination;† (source)
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The newborn Krishna was presented with gold, frankincense, and myrrh.† (source)
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Why is Frankincense such a good name, Agape?† (source)
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Those of the Elder Race were particularly fond of frankincense, but it gave him a headache.† (source)
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She smelled frankincense, which every household threw onto the charcoal stove.† (source)
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The side doors of the Cathedral burst open and out came a procession of priests and nuns and acolytes, clacking their censers, sending up the fragrance of myrrh and frankincense the three kings had brought over with them from the Orient.† (source)
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Gold, frankincense, and myrrh.† (source)
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He didn't have any frankincense, so sage, which grew in abundance in the surrounding mountains, would have to do.† (source)
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The glories of Mary held his soul captive: spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolizing her royal lineage, her emblems, the late-flowering plant and late-blossoming tree, symbolizing the age-long gradual growth of her cultus among men.† (source)
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For they too are gatherers of fruit and frankincense, and that which they bring, though fashioned of dreams, is raiment and food for your soul.† (source)
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The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to superior natures.† (source)
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We saw and worshipped him, and gave him presents—Melchior, gold; Gaspar, frankincense; and I, myrrh.† (source)
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