ǁ Thymiama

Obs. [a. Gr. θῡμίᾱμα, f. θῡμιᾶν to burn incense. In thymyame (Lydgate) a. OF. thymiame, timiame incense, perfume (12–14th c. in Godef.).] Incense.

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[1430–40. Lydg., Bochas, VII. ix. (MS. Bodl. 263. lf. 361/1). Silk Synamome, franc ensens withal For sacrefise, the purpurate vesture W^t Thymyame, the riche pectoral Which ordeyned wern,… For the Solempne place of places alle Sancta sanctorum.]

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1697. trans. Rodriguez’ Chr. Perfect., V. i. I. 269. The smell of well compos’d Thymiama is very delicious.

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1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Thymiama, Incense, Perfume; a Sweet-Gum.

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