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INCENSE BOAT
A sacred vessel, oblong in shape, in which incense is kept and transferred to a censer by means of a spoon.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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