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frankincense
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  • The scent of frankincense hung in the air of the chancel.†  (source)
  • Why is Frankincense such a good name, Agape?†  (source)
  • 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)
  • Gold, frankincense, and myrrh.†  (source)
  • 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)
  • He didn't have any frankincense, so sage, which grew in abundance in the surrounding mountains, would have to do.†  (source)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to superior natures.†  (source)
  • 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)
  • We saw and worshipped him, and gave him presents—Melchior, gold; Gaspar, frankincense; and I, myrrh.†  (source)
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