Frankincense
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noun
(1) An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
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- 1916: The glories of Mary held his soul captive : spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men. - James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, 98)
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