Frankincense Synonyms

frăngkĭn-sĕns
An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. olibanum
  2. perfume
  3. resin
  4. gum olibanum
  5. thus

Words Related to Frankincense

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. incense
  2. myrrh
  3. sandalwood
  4. patchouli
  5. camphor
  6. benzoin
  7. neroli
  8. oakmoss
  9. petitgrain

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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