frankincense
f rang kuhn sens
- n an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
- The ports of Arabia once traded gold and frankincense.
- Of the three precious gifts-gold, frankincense and myrrh-the Magi carried to Bethlehem, only gold has remained on elite Yuletide shopping lists.
- In Spain it is these three, who, upholding the tradition they began when delivering gold, frankincense and myrrh to the baby Jesus's bedside, bring presents to children on the .