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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This latter view also explains part of the market reaction thus far.
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Reporting remains subject to heavy legal constraint, thus key information remains obscured.
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Four children are under one year, all with normal milestones thus far.
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Yes, that really was his only break in the case thus far.
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She thus raised, at a rather inopportune moment, the great unspoken problem.
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It was used to hold oil, or frankincense, or simply for decoration.
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In heaven flame the golden candles, and the censers fume with frankincense.
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THERE will be little gold, frankincense or myrrh in Bethlehem this year.
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The approach to the mountains is up narrow gulleys full of frankincense-trees.
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By libanomancy, for the which we shall need but a little frankincense.
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She lit sticks of sandalwood and olibanum in a brazier, and poured wine for herself and Forsythia, and after some consideration for Dahlia too.
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For making the tincture or extract of olibanum, take 1 pound of the gum to 1 gallon of the spirit.