burning incense and candles used in temple worship or ancestral sacrifices; the practice of making offerings to gods or ancestors

offspring or male heirs who carry on the family lineage by continuing ancestral sacrifices; also refers to a successor of a culture or tradition

a person who looks after the incense, lamps, and general maintenance in a temple

(literary) an alliance or oath sworn before the gods with incense and marked by the burning of incense

the glowing tip or fire of a burning stick of incense