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tūrĭfĭco

tūrĭfĭco · v. n

to burn incense

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What it meant

tūrĭfĭco — Lewis & Short

tūrĭfĭco, āvi, 1, v. n.tus-facio,

I to burn incense, offer incense (eccl. Lat.), Aug. Ep. 87, 2.—Hence, subst.: tūrĭfĭcātus (thūr-), i, m., one that offers incense (to the gods), a term applied to those Christians who sacrificed to the heathen gods in time of persecution, Cyprian. Ep. 55.

Where it came from

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