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Censer

//ˈsɛn.sɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An ornamental container for burning incense, especially during religious ceremonies.

    "A thousand wax tapers burned in honour of the Madonna. Four beautiful children swung the silver censers before her picture, till a cloud of incense arose and floated in broken masses to the fretted roof, and the whole air was heavy with perfume."

  2. 2
    a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual) wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who censes, a person who perfumes with incense.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman censier, from Old French encensier, from encens (“incense”).

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