Wondrous Words Wednesday
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where you can share new words that you’ve encountered or spotlight words you love. Feel free to get creative! If you want to play along, grab the button, write a post and come back and add your link to Mr. Linky!
I found one word in 9 ½ Narrow by Patricia Morrisroe.
1. mohel – “A nearsighted mohel?”
A mohel is a person who performs the Jewish rite of circumcision.
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This word came from Come Rain or Come Shine by Jan Karon.
2. thurible – “Somewhere in there, he had conducted a house blessing and a clinic blessing, replete with thurible.”
A thurible is a metal censer suspended from chains, in which incense is burned during worship services.
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What words do you want to celebrate today?
I knew one for once 😀 The first one
No to both.
BTW, the thurible is carried and congregation is incensed by the thurifer.
50%, thanks to being Jewish!
I knew the first but not the second.
Clueless again!
Ha! No one would want a nearsighted mohel LOL
Interesting that both words have religious context! And dying at Jill’s comment above. Heh!
Okay, I had to laugh at “thurible” because it’s a word I’ve never seen before, and I stumbled across it twice in books this week, and now in your post! What are the chances???
0% for me!
I hope the mohel has a pair of glasses! Excellent, new to me words this week!
You went all religious this week. I knew mohel but not the other one.