the incense of sweet spices
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Prayer, which nses to heaven as incense.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “the incense of sweet spices” mean?
Prayer, which nses to heaven as incense.
Is “the incense of sweet spices” formal or informal?
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