incense

material that produces fragrant smoke when burned
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incense

Summary

incense ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,668 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • incense is a type of material[2].
  • incense is a type of religious object[3].
  • incense is used for ritual[4].
  • incense is used for atmosphere[5].
  • incense is used for medication[6].
  • incense's Commons category is recorded as Incense[7].
  • incense's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Incense[8].
  • incense's Commons gallery is recorded as Incense[9].
  • incense's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10].
  • incense's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • incense's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[12].
  • incense's shape is recorded as stick[13].
  • incense's has effect is recorded as smoke[14].
  • incense's uses is recorded as incense burner[15].
  • incense's indigenous to is recorded as People's Republic of China[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include material[2] and religious object[3].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include ritual[4], atmosphere[5], and medication[6].

Why It Matters

incense ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,668 views/month).[1] incense has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] incense is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . gentleresiliencestudio.com. gentleresiliencestudio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses incense burner
    Subclass of material, religious object
    Aliases
    Subclass of
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25780, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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