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  • noun a clergyman who carries the incense before it is lit

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Examples

  • He remembered the summer evening he had been there to be dressed as boatbearer, the evening of the Procession to the little altar in the wood.

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 2003

  • He remembered the summer evening he had been there to be dressed as boatbearer, the evening of the Procession to the little altar in the wood.

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922

  • He remembered the summer evening he had been there to be dressed as boatbearer, the evening of the Procession to the little altar in the wood.

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922

  • He remembered the summer evening he had been there to be dressed as boatbearer, the evening of the Procession to the little altar in the wood.

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce 1911

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