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  2. Incense - Wikipedia

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    A study published in 2008 in the medical journal Cancer found that incense use is associated with a statistically significant higher risk of cancers of the upper respiratory tract, with the exception of nasopharyngeal cancer. Those who used incense heavily also were 80% more likely to develop squamous-cell carcinomas. The link between incense ...

  3. Religious use of incense - Wikipedia

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    Incense smoke wafts from huge burners in Lhasa, Tibet.. The first recorded use of incense was by the Indians in the Indus Valley Civilisation in 3600 BC. Egyptians during the Fifth Dynasty, 2345-2494 BC were the first in the non-Asian world to discover the use of incense, which was used by Hindus for centuries by the time of the 5th Dynasty.

  4. Incense in China - Wikipedia

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    Incense in China is traditionally used in a wide range of Chinese cultural activities including religious ceremonies, ancestor veneration, traditional medicine, and in daily life. Known as xiang ( Chinese : 香 ; pinyin : xiāng ; Wade–Giles : hsiang ; lit. 'fragrance'), incense was used by the Chinese cultures starting from Neolithic times ...

  5. Frankincense - Wikipedia

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    The English word frankincense derives from the Old French expression franc encens, meaning 'true incense', maybe with the sense of 'high quality incense'. [4] [2] The adjective franc in Old French meant 'noble, true', in this case perhaps 'pure'; although franc is ultimately derived from the tribal name of the Franks, it is not a direct reference to them in the word francincense.

  6. Thurible - Wikipedia

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    Use of incense was abandoned in the Church of England by the turn of the 19th century [10] and was later thought to be illegal. [11] [12] Today, the use of incense in an Anglican church is a fairly reliable guide to churchmanship, that is, how 'high' (more Catholic in liturgical style) or how 'low' (more Protestant) the individual church is. [13]

  7. Censer - Wikipedia

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    A censer, incense burner, perfume burner or pastille burner is a vessel made for burning incense or perfume in some solid form. They vary greatly in size, form, and material of construction, and have been in use since ancient times throughout the world.

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