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Meanings of gum olibanum in English

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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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        Examples for "thus"
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        This latter view also explains part of the market reaction thus far.
        BBC
        2
        Reporting remains subject to heavy legal constraint, thus key information remains obscured.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Four children are under one year, all with normal milestones thus far.
        Pubmed
        4
        Yes, that really was his only break in the case thus far.
        The sculptor
        5
        She thus raised, at a rather inopportune moment, the great unspoken problem.
        The Irish Times
        1
        It was used to hold oil, or frankincense, or simply for decoration.
        The Golem and the Jinni
        2
        In heaven flame the golden candles, and the censers fume with frankincense.
        The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent / A Complete Co...
        3
        THERE will be little gold, frankincense or myrrh in Bethlehem this year.
        The Irish Times
        4
        The approach to the mountains is up narrow gulleys full of frankincense-trees.
        Southern Arabia
        5
        By libanomancy, for the which we shall need but a little frankincense.
        Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3
        1
        She lit sticks of sandalwood and olibanum in a brazier, and poured wine for herself and Forsythia, and after some consideration for Dahlia too.
        The bone palace
        2
        For making the tincture or extract of olibanum, take 1 pound of the gum to 1 gallon of the spirit.
        The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plan...
        Translations for gum olibanum
        Portuguese
        olíbano